This year, my eldest grand niece, who is taking a floral design class at school, made and brought this sweet centerpiece.
Because I have the day off, and because the messy garden needs regular attention, I'll be heading out to do a different king of cleanup.
Thank goodness for the leaf blower!
The fallen leaves of Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood' "bloom" on evergreens.
This resembles the red fabric of the table runner.
This guy isn't amused.
Time to pick the persimmons - Yum.
The Linden and Cherry trees have finished dropping leaves for the year.
All is not about ending and messiness. Some plants are just gearing up for their winter work.
The year's first blooms on Viburnum × bodnantense ‘Dawn’ which will be blooming and sharing sweet fragrance all winter long.
Mahonia blooms are abuzz with fighting hummingbirds and the now leafless Euonymus europaeus 'Red Ace' (below) Clerodendrum trichotomum, and Callicarpa are providing a jolt of unexpected color.
Looking like winter.
Lots of seed pods on the Empress trees this year.
Dammit kids, I just cleaned up after you last weekend.
Happy Friday everyone!
Lots to keep you busy today, the best kind of busy! #optoutside
ReplyDeleteOh, I should check my 'Dawn' Viburnum for buds! I don't have quite as many fallen leaves as you do, but there's still lots outside to keep me occupied too.
ReplyDeleteAt least your fallen leaves are pretty! Your grand niece has talent.
ReplyDeleteAll the leaves are so pretty. Outside watering today after 57 days with no rain.
ReplyDeleteIt continues to rain here, the ground is saturated and there are frequent flood and landslide warnings. You can have some of our rain anytime!
DeleteYour niece is quite talented. Beautiful arrangement.
ReplyDeleteThat pink and orange berried plant is gorgeous too.
Those rascally kids will be littering leaves for some time yet I bet.
Have a good weekend.
Your garden looks lovely with all those autumn colors!
ReplyDeleteWe were fortunate to be able to get out for a couple of days before Thanksgiving and get most of the clean up finished. of course that doesn't mean it will stay that way. Each windstorm means more to do, and soon it will be time to get the outside lights up.
ReplyDeleteLots of work, Peter. I love the last photo - the red leaves look as a carpet.
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame to rake up the beautiful red leaves, what a show they make. There is always so much to do at this time of the year that it becomes a race.Still,it's fun. Lots to enjoy in your garden, I always a peek at it.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy autumn leafs twice: once on the tree and then when they carpet the back yard in gold. The birch is almost naked now, so on Friday I raked the lawn, but the rest of the leafs can stay; they make good natural mulch all winter. I think your fallen maple leafs look fantastic.
ReplyDeleteYour kind of Black Friday cleanup is much better. Do you just eat your persimmons plain? We like to put them in fruit salad.
ReplyDeleteI've always just eaten them out of hand but they would be delicious in fruit salad.
DeleteYour grandniece is talented! Like you, I avoid the crowds on Black Friday, although I often shop on Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. We hit a record high on Friday--65, which is quite warm for S. Wis. in late November. So, I was outside finishing up my garden chores. Bonus! Your photos of fallen leaves are so beautiful!
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