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.
From what I can see, your garden does not look tired at all. I know what you mean, though. My own flower garden has that same look with patches where this is nothing but old stalks where nothing is blooming anymore. And, I get a little neglectful of what is left, because it starts to look so sad now...
ReplyDeleteI love your asters(I have them, too!) and one of my favorite flowers is the simple, hardy cosmos(mine did not do so well this year)
Today is the first day I have shut all the windows in the house during the day--so fall is creeping forward here, as well.
We had to put the furnace on today. I am not impressed but it was that or freeze!
ReplyDeleteWe have had ours on the past couple of days, too! So much frost on the window this morning, also. I guess fall really is here...Sad as that may seem!!
ReplyDeleteWe haven't had a killing frost yet and no frost on the pumpkin either but it won't be long. I want to get all the planting done before that happens.
ReplyDeleteFurnace talk! We just put ours on this afternoon(I always try to hold out until at least Oct. 1 to put the heat on )--it's chilly! No frost...yet.
ReplyDeleteIn the past week I couldn't get into your comments section again but today I seem to be able again ;-). So here I am trying to comment!
ReplyDeleteLove the flowery pics...there's still so much to see in your garden!
I agree with you...although I love Autumn it also makes me a little sad! And deep down I feel a longing for Spring lol.
Here in Shanghai it's not really feeling like Autumn yet so I'm still enjoying the sunshine a little more. Hope you will get some lovely sunny Autumn days though...I love them!