Just a few photos

We have been quiet here but we haven’t been without work. More on that later. In the meantime here are some photos from this spring and summer.

Infographic: The chemistry behind the colours of autumn leaves

We will be raking soon so I thought this infographic might be of interest. Enjoy!

http://visual.ly/track.php?q=http://visual.ly/chemistry-behind-colors-autumn-leaves-infographic&slug=chemistry-behind-colors-autumn-leaves-infographic

From Visually.

Fall or summer?

Well I came up today to start prepping for fall but besides a chill in the air it still looks like summer here.

Many of the plants are still untouched by frost and the geraniums are still budding. I  can’t even take any leaves as they are still predominantly green.

   

It looks as though Pat’s grass garden did well over the past few weeks and even the hollyhock is still growing though I have been able to collect some seeds. We will see what the next few weeks have in store when we are both able to get here and start the end of summer shut down.

 

 

 

Holy holyhocks!

It has taken some time but my holyhocks have finally produced blooms.

For some reason I thought they were going to be dark purple but these have more of a tequila sunrise quality.

   

 In any case they add a little something to the space beside the back porch.
I have also planted another one this year in behind this one. This label says it will be pink, purple, or yellow so we will wait an see.

How to attract wildlife to your garden: An infographic

I found this neat, interactive infographic on bringing wildlife into the garden and I thought I would share it.

http://visual.ly/track.php?q=http://visual.ly/how-attract-wildlife-your-garden-interactive-guide&slug=how-attract-wildlife-your-garden-interactive-guide

Peonies please!

Last year I planted some new peonies and they are just about ready to maybe bloom but if they do it won’t be that spectacular.

However my tried and true peony bush has already bloomed and I managed to pick the last of its blooms. This will have to tide us over until the news are ready to pop.

  

Last of the springtime blooms

Well we missed much of the spring here but I have managed to at least see a few springtime blooms.

There are no daffodils left but the tulips and lilac are still holding on. It is the last bit of colour until the summer blooms start to show their stuff. 

   
  
  

Summer is over and so is fall

Well it appears that not only is summer over but so is fall.

Ok so autumn isn’t over for a few weeks but it sure does feel like it. I don’t have any wintry schoolhouse shots yet but the ones from this fall are a reminder that winter is on its way.

It always looks a little lonely at this time of year.

There are so many leaves to rake. I laugh at anyone with a suburban yard!

The yard was still green when we last raked but I doubt I will find it such now.

Morning you beautiful glories!

It seems that the seed pods I collected from this year’s morning glories were safe from last month’s frost and have safely gone to seed for next year.
Now to put them somewhere I won’t forget about them.

At least the astilbe looked good this year

Well as usual I haven’t gotten done what I set out to do this year. Stuff and things have gotten in the way again.

But hey the astilbe looked good.