Well, fall is certainly here. Today is very cool and the strong wind has the bite of winter in it. There is always something a bit sad about fall in Canada, I think, at least for me. I love the fall flowers. The top two pictures are two of four types of asters that are blooming at the moment. Then there is one of three butterfly bushes. One is the same purple and the other is pink. They do seem to attract at least one butterfly, so I am pleased about that.  The cosmos in the background of the fourth picture are almost 6 feet tall. I guess that's the difference when you grow things from seed. The nursery-grown plants are only about a foot tall at best. The sedum is a very hardy plant and the two I have come up faithfully year after year with no fuss.

The sadness comes in because the rest of the garden is dying. We have harvested most of the vegetables and the fruits are finished. In fact, the garden looks a bit tired.

It doesn't help that the daylight hours are fewer and fewer and I really don't like getting up when it is still dark. When I put the light on early in the morning, it is a real shock to my system.

So, it is time to put away all my summer clothes and get out the heavier, warmer outfits. That's not such a bad thing as I like a lot of my winter outfits and my summer ones will have a rest until they are needed again hopefully in April or May at the latest.

The good thing is that even though many plants are hibernating for the winter, I know that next spring they will be back - or at least many of them -  and their colours will be a welcome sight after the white and grey winter.