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A few things that get my attention.

November Sunset

Gone to seed

Broccoli gone to seed in my husband's garden last spring.
Currently, his garden spot is grown up in weeds as he was not able to plant anything this year before he died.  I'm not sure what I'll do with it next year, but I'm going to keep the fence up and keep the weeds beat down this year until I decide.  I have visions of becoming the old widow woman in the gardening hat with hoe in hand in a garden full of flowers.
We'll see what next year brings.

I am going to halt The Barn Collective for now.  I don't know if I will continue it at a later time or not.  I will be happy for someone to pick it up.  Just let me know.

Thank you to everyone for your kind comments and emails.  Words can be of such great comfort in times of grief.  We are very fortunate to have friends who have visited both at the hospital (two hours away) and at home, brought food, ran errands, looked after my mother, fed the cats, and even mowed the lawn.  My son and I are plodding along with each day.  He will be starting his permanent job next week after a delay due to the illness and death of his father.  I am glad he has something to occupy his mind.

Until next time.

She's got curves

Onion top

Sunflowers

I planted sunflowers this year.  Some of them are red and orange.

All of them are gorgeous.


I have been sporadic with the blog the past few weeks.  Just as my husband finished more chemo for the cancer that spread, my elderly mother fell and fractured her pelvis.  He is feeling much better and the hope is that he can have a substantial break before more treatment is required.  She is doing better in the rehab facility for now. I hope to return to a somewhat normal routine.  Thanks for visiting!

Beet red

Hi

This little fellow jumped on my wrist while I was working in some potted flowers the other evening.

Cold and wet.  At first I thought a bird had pooped on me, but was happy to see that it was a tiny, tiny frog.

He would fit nicely on a quarter.

Handheld, ISO 6400, 1/2000 sec, f2.8, Canon 100mm 2.8L Macro lens

Summer colors

Here's my annual peach and blueberry contribution.

This year I have some green thanks to a few ears of corn in the background.

"Roas-neers" as my grandfather called them.

You know "roasting ears".  

Cluttered skies

We've had a lot of rain and high winds this spring in north Alabama.  The skies looked dramatic like this at some point each day for several days straight.  This week the clouds are back again and we've had a little more rain.
It does make for photo ops.

Swish Chard Color

Pedicure, please

Corn surrounds our place this year.  When it gets tall and brown I always think of "children of the corn".

Fallen at dusk

More from the porch

Whisper in my ear

Telling secrets on the porch

Rescued from rubbish

. . .  or maybe this old Jeep has been in use its whole life.
Either way, it's cool.


Sharing with:
Rubbish by Roan

Dusk on the porch

Tulip Poplar against blue sky

Sharing space

Violets and Lirope

Fall fern

But, it makes me think of spring.

Hedge apple green

A contrast to the bright pinky red mum of yesterday.

I picked up these hedge apples at the golf course.  I certainly hope they don't mind.

Here is last year's hedge apple post.

Last bits

A volunteer crape myrtle sprout in my asparagus fern still has fall color.