The Bees are Buzy..................

I had a walk around the garden today. What a mess........not a lot of hope for improvement at this point. The Asters look great though and the bees are very buzy.



Trying to get close ups is difficult. The little buggers wont sit still

There were several kinds of bees all buzzing around me. Bees do not sting unless they have a reason. Nothing to be afraid of.


The Asters or Michaelmas Daisies are so pretty this year. The white ones almost done, and the pink ones are not full yet, the others have been in a lot longer and spread so well. I love it. Fall colour. Wonderful

The Holly has loads of berries, so does the Mountain Ash..........oooh I sure hope that wont mean a hard winter. Actually I dont mind a hard winter if its a short one.


The white ones are a little over the hill

Out front the bees were happy as well, they seemed to just love the sunshine. I suppose they know it will be short lived. We can get snow any time now in Michigan, I just hope not for awhile. Frost tonight again......

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September again...........

The cat is in the garden sunning herself.


What a lazy cat. Well I hope she is enjoying watching the fish from a distance. Did I say, we now have 4? well we do. My Goldfish had a baby. It took awhile to notice because goldfish are black when babies. So the shadow I kept seeing was really another fish.
Anyway tis the season of the daisies, the yellow black eyed Susies and the more Autumn flowers.

What is this.....someone eating my daisies?

These white Cone flowers are beautiful and doing well.

The magic is in the details

The light was beautiful I love how it glows through the leaves



Asters are beginning to bloom



The roses are blooming again. I love it when that happens, a second bloom.



The Holly has a load of berries this year, is that a bad sign?

I try to make every little corner special. We collect stones on the beaches and in the fields. This is where they end up, somewhere in my garden


A view of the back of the pond from the shade garden

The baskets I bought in the Spring have all done well. I will remember that for next year.

Loads of work to do before I put it all to bed for winter. I was hoping for a good weekend but it looks like it might rain. Next week is supposed to be hot again. I am soooooo ready for the Autumn cooler days.

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November the beginning.........

The beginning of November see's my garden unruly. The leaves are down and sitting in heaps blown around by the remnants of hurricane Sandy. Our neighbours had raked their leaves to the sides of the roads ready for pick up. Now its all back again. Ah well, we certainly can not complain I feel so bad for the folks on the coast.
Well, here are a few pictures from recent days.


The Chickadee's are still regular visitors, as are the Cardinal's. Here is Mr and Mrs Cardinal.


She is looking so much better since the molt is finished.


I love the little birds.



A few mums still doing well next door.

There is also this pretty still blooming


Grapes for the birds...........just a few left


The bushes are still pretty.


...and the Holly


A few pretty pansies still bloom....



Look at this beautiful rock......it's beauty never changes.






Asters are fading but I will be getting more next year because they are real troopers


A rose is still beautiful even when it's dead






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More Falling leaves.............

It's been very windy, but sunny. Actually very nice for Fall.Well I should say for October. Many years we have seen snow by now. Outside of town had frost last night but we did not. My home is in town and Traverse City is on the Bay. Grand Traverse Bay that is............so it helps our weather somewhat. It can be calm here but as soon as one tops the crest of the hill going out of town you may find yourself in a blizzard. There is a snow belt that crosses just above the town.
Yesterday I sat outside for a time and took in the sunshine while I could. Its supposed to rain tonight.
Here are some of the pictures I took that day.





The Pansies were wet from the rain the day before



I had to get some more pictures of the beautiful leaves around my garden.







I had really hoped to get out an about and get some pictures but so far it's not been possible. So these are all around my garden





Just as pretty but as individuals rather than landscape shots.............maybe this weekend if it's not raining. This one is the seeds off of the Japanese Maple next door.





Some flowers are still blooming.Pansies do well this time of year.


The Nightshade berries



Some leaves are brilliant and some are pastels, some are still green. All together they make such a pretty picture


All for now, I do hope I can get out and show some beautiful places before the snow flys