Middle.....of the Week.

 

The early morning view is full of pink colors while the sun has not quite raised above the horizon.  We did get to freezing last night but it didn't stay at 30 degrees F. for very long. 

 

The leaves of this clematis will probably show wear and tear from the low temps in the next few days. 

The Siberian iris puts out interesting leaves. I never know whether I should cut them back or not. I haven't gotten to it yet this fall but I do have some time to clip a lot of it back. This would be a good time to take a cutting of it and start a new batch somewhere else. 

We spent the day at the hospital yesterday. My wife was to have  a final follow up procedure done related to the gallbladder removal a month or so ago. That should conclude anything more to be done relating to that. She was sent home and does feel like she was beat up. She has bruising to her body but she is going to get over it all soon. The sore throat will take a few days to heal. 

I need to get some foods this morning that my wife can easily swallow and the grocery store is only a mile away from us. It is cold and wearing a coat to the store will be necessary. 

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The Start of the Week....

 

 When our developmemt was started the builders were required to plant flowering trees. They seem to be most of them to be the none producing pear tree. Ours is actually one that puts out an apple  fruit. It is a small one but it produces fruit. They make a mess but their a lot of them eaten by the birds. The development was started twenty fours years ago and some homeowners have cut theirs down. My neighbor to the north claimed his had split up too much so he took them out. He actually didn't want trees on his property.

I never got a full moon shot this time as the clouds just were always there. Last night I captured this  mixed up mess of clouds with the moon glow from behind. 

There is not beauty left with the coneflower now but I like its sculptural appeal at this time of the year.

I declared my bathroom done today as I put back the last of the baseboard behind the stool. It was difficult.  I was able to do the whole floor with the 30 tiles that was in the box. There was not one square left over. I discover a problem with our new walk in shower as the installers forgot to caulk the slider rail to keep the water from leaking out onto the floor. It had been caulk at the bottom half on the right but they didn't catch the left half. We were having problems with water coming out on the floor and could not figure out why. One has to crawl around on the floor to figure that problem out for sure. 

We are going to have rain all day today. We need the water so we can tolerate it without a problem  We do have to have the lights on inside though as it is a dark gray day. Thanks for stopping by today.

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Stuff for Saturday....

 The hardy geranium survives on my front porch step. It is getting to be time to bring it inside at night or let it freeze. 

My new birdbath is made of resin so I have to keep it from freezing water. The turtle and the birdbath have a new place to be for the winter down under the sunroom. 

My metallic birdbath has a permanent leak so I made a planter out of it. I decided to put it out for the snow to land on this winter. The moss rose that grew in it are still there and the freezing temps will take them hout. 

I took random shots this morning to show what the garden is looking like now.  I am not looking forward to winter but it happens anyway.  

 

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Frnst on the Roof.....

 

 If I had placed a pumpkin outside last night I would have had frost on it this morning. It was cold and the frost left the grass wet. I mowed anyway as I had the front yard to finish up We actually had sunshine today and it is welcomed. 

I have my mowing done for the season even though I will return to mow leaves under the maple tree. Our rains made the grass grow and the front yards of mine and the neighbor lady's was really long once I started cutting into it.

It is really hard to take just one shot of the blue spruce as it has this competing maple next to it. It actually helps make the spruce look greener.  

Inside the cut flowers look great without any risk of cold weather. It is a good spot of color on the dining room table at each meal. 

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Thursday is Good.....

 

Our neighbors have cleaned up all of the leaves from the ground that fell from this tree.  As I glance over to see the tree in the distance there are these bright spots of red. I had to get my camera and zoom in to see what they were.  A few stray branches of leaves are hanging on longer than the rest of the tree. I will be watching to see when they finally fall.

I mow and mulched up the leaves from the crimson red maple tree.this morning. It really wasn't dry enough and yet it had enough moisture that I wasn't breathing any of the dust.  As you can see the tree will drop a lot more leaves but I did get the first round done on it. I will mow my front yard tomorrow. I will pick up the neighbor lady's front yard at the same time as it is nice to keep every one's grass length the same height. 

The blue ball is moving inside soon.  I have it next to the back door and it it gets bad I can just grab it and bring it inside.  The are projecting the possibility of snow on Saturday so getting these first rounds of mulching done is good. I know that when the snow is gone I can get out and do it again. One has to bundle up a little as it is cold. 

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Middle of the Week....Rain

 It is what it is. I didn't have shoes so I just stood in the doorway and took a shot. The deck was wet from a morning rain. I wanted to get a shot of our maple tree that actually is turning somewhat orange. It is a crimson king maple so the leaves stay pretty dark the whole season. When the drop they look like they are black. I will try to get some new shots taken tomorrow as today seemed to be to busy.

I brought up my Thanksgiving cactus from the basement a few days ago. It isn't going to have a lot of blooms but they will look good and be welcomes. 

We had an appointment for my wife today. It was a folly trying to find the clinic as it was somewhere that we were not familiar.  It was a checkup for approval for her one last appointment to remove a stent, which is next week. The stent is in the area where her gallbladder was. She is stronger everyday and walks around with a lot of confidence. 

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