It’s time to put the garden to bed for the winter. Jack Frost has been rumored to be lurking in the neighborhood.

Leaves have made a yellow bed under my little sugar maple just outside my bedroom window. (Seems like just last week I was posting this same thing.)

There are a few lingering bits and pieces of late-summer flowers, but nothing camera worthy.

There’s always next year, and if there isn’t, well it doesn’t matter anyway!

Good night Garden. Sleep sweet!

I love all my day lilies, but some are a little more special than others!

Blue is a color that is almost non-existent in the flower cultivar world.
Mother Nature has provided a few, but mankind apparently has never been able to duplicate them.

This medium sized day lily is the closest to blue that I have in my collection.

It is a prolific bloomer and a great addition to the garden!

When the covid scare hit, we became hermits just to be on the safe side.
Gradually things went back to normal with one exception.
I found I liked being a hermit!
Now I have no desire to go anywhere and avoid going out as much as I possibly can.

It’s time to plant mums in the garden for fall color and deco, and I decided to do something a little different this year….Order online!!

First two orders went to Walmart and Amazon.

The Walmart order arrived last night…(LATE last night, but that is another story.)

They were perfect, with a nice blend of fully opened blooms and buds.

Green beans are a little late to the party, but they are loaded now with beans and blooms. This is part of today’s dinner.

While I am eagerly embracing autumn with all its splendor and cooler weather, I will miss all the flowers with their equally eager engagers.