Pretty in Pink

TGIF, the weather sounds great for the weekend, I hope to get some last minute garden clean-up done.

Hydrangea

My Hydrangea bushes were loaded this year, the first picture is with the sun shinning on the flower the second without, not sure which I like the best. I have to get out and pick a bunch of them this weekend, they dry so wonderfully. I have a large basket full of them each fall, my one cat loves to play with dried flower heads.

Late Bloomers

The asters were really pretty this year in my garden, the bugs and bees love them.

Amish Cockscomb

This flower is still in bloom in my garden, I picked it today when I got home from work to let it dry so I can get the seeds. I have several that I dried last summer to make a wreath out of, but that never happened, but they dry great.

Sunday and It Is Snowing!

It is snowing outside as I am writing this! What flowers that I had left in bloom will be gone tomorrow for sure. There were a few things still blooming, my cosmos for one, they did unusually well this year, they reached heights of over 8 or 9 feet, they must thrive on neglect. We had high wind warnings all day today, it was quite a day.

The photo above is of butterfly weed gone to seed.

I had fun with the boys, we went to the pumpkin farm with a friend of mine and her granddaughter.

A Couple of Fall Photos

What a great day I am having, even if the weather is bad! I have the day off, I planted bulbs this AM, walked the dogs and baked cookies, we are waiting to leave for Dubuque to pick up our grandsons for the weekend, Yeah! Just sharing some pictures I took last weekend.

Bottle Tree

I did not get home from work in time to get a picture of my bottle but I did find the picture I took when we first put it up last fall.

Tina http://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/ asked to see a picture after I commented on her blog about a picture of her bottle tree.

I have forgotten how to make her name a link, darn it! I need to brush up on this blogging thing again :).

Tina asked if I knew the story behind the trees, the first one I saw was in the Ray Charles movie, it is a southern thing, evil spirits are supposed to get caught in the bottles and therefore unable to enter the house. Anyway that is my idea.