Gardening, anyone?

My friend made it through H. Irma with minor damage to their place - Still haven't heard from family back there. Hoping for good news. I got a picture yesterday of a hummer. I call it my glow bird. The sun was backlighting it so it didn't turn out as clear as I like but I thought the effect was fun. Fire and smoke are back after the refreshing rain this weekend. Back to staying indoors.

One of my favorites is below:

Scottie,

Your chewed on willow reminds me of Daggett and Norbert Beaver, two young beaver brothers in *The Angry Beavers * cartoon.

Enerva,

I can see the little lemons!

Mother Nature......please......no heavy frost until November 1st.

GMA hoping your family is okay. Tika lovely deck. I'm still stalking my hummers, we think we have five of them and maybe more living in the neighbors trees. I've never seen more than two in any given season here.

Scottie

Teka, Would you like to come and do my deck? DH keeps planting vegetables in the containers. Practical but certainly not attractive.

Wren, if only I lived closer. I suggest getting a huge outdoor clay pot and saucer just for your flowers. My huge outdoor clay pot and saucer is in full sun.

TwoHobbies, huge outdoor clay pot and saucer............

thunbergia (lemon star) vine plant

thunbergia (sunny susy brownie) vine plant

nasturtium (fordhook favorite mix) seeds

Twohobbies- how pretty! I love flowers that get a mauve-ish shade, such a rare color in nature.

I have two seedums coloring up, one a grape color and the other that mauve-ish color. Pictures coming soon! The heat this year has them slow to come in to color here in Sept.

Hoping everyone who has been impacted by the storms and fires is hanging in there. More hurricanes brewing too

Still harvesting tomatoes and turning them into crushed tomatoes. Garden is almost ready for hibernation. Got a few tomatoes still ripening

I took the following 2 pics during my morning walk.

A cluster of puffballs (3) partially eaten by a deer.

A puffball.

BBL

Puffballs were eaten like fried portabella steaks when I was a a child, mom made them. But they would turn all dry and puffy like sawdust/dandelion feathers when older. I guess why they are called a puff ball. Don't know the other names.

I am still grounded inside or out of sun and even shade. Just had a prednisone attack - complete drug allergy. Getting through that then back on Xeloda. Doing fairly well otherwise. Feel like I could take a long walk though cannot, feel like I could dig a hole or dance a jig, but no., Not yet.

Loving all the photos.

Hubby said he saw a wolly worm yesterday and it was almost white instead of dark brown or black. The tale is when darker, the winter is harder. Very interesting to see what this winter will be like here.

Hummingbords are still here, whip-poor-wills have a baby to get off the ground then they will leave, but still have a lot of bugs for them so they are staying. Robins by the flock are migrating through the woods to the south a little at a time. The ones here now are likely from Canada, my guess is they stop in southern Tennessee unless threatened by snow/ice and maybe they move further south if they know it is coming. Poor birds, with the weather so unpredictable any more.

We have 86 degree weather here for days now. Don't know when it will end, almost wish I had gone out there and planted even more green beans, they would have done well. The cherry tomatoes were devoured overnight by an outcropping of tomato worms, the ones Hubby did not pull have sprouted more leaves and blooms and are making more yellow cherry tomatoes. Cosmos still blooming. Peppers turning red, will serve with brats and grilled onion and grilled peppers in a tortilla later this week, with slaw.

This is what our view over the meadow will look like in two weeks. Photo from a few years ago. I cannot wait!

Will check in and read more later. My heart is with all who are having such terrible challenges from weather and earthquakes. And our health.

I love all your photos .!

Teka ..can I come and sit on your porch ?

Harvested another bunch tonight. I use my crushed tomatoes in soups, chili and Hot Dish.

Freeze

Got some green beans a couple of days ago. Finally got to snapping and freezing them.

Beautiful photos. Are the trees Aspens?

Wren, yes they are aspens and rarely see the reds so had to stop along side ride and capture these. Jazz, fall is a great time, but then again, what time isn't as you know.