Small Wonders.......

 she said sarcastically!  Gmail and Blogger in their infinite wisdom has decided it's okay to move photos around.  Go figure!  I know I sure can't!

See that?  Above is a picture of teeny-tine morning glory buds.  After various creatures finding sprouts the most delicious offerings, I broke down and bought some seedlings in mid July.  Finally I have buds.  Toes crossed that I will see flowers later on.  Still crossing toes for a long frost free autumn.

No the dahlia is not blooming in the lemon basil.  It's on a stalk that didn't get tied up, so flopped over into the pot of lemon basil.  

I did not know that chipmunks enjoy basil, lemon basil, catnip etc. but evidence shows that they do.  I suppose it's possible other critters are around.  Our new resident woodchuck ate all my sunflowers.  Yum!  Yum!

Currently we are enjoying warm, sunny days and cool nights.  And it has begun to rain again so we don't have to worry quite so much about the well.  

Ah the joys of rural living!  It's always sumthin'!

Stay strong, and thanks for stopping by.............*s*

Kittens!

Another shot of Ringo and Grayby.  It's pretty much non-stop play unless they are sleeping or eating.

We give them a really good workout before going to bed.  They sleep for a good part of the night.

Thanks to Jose we have had some pretty good wind gusts.  Of course the first dahlia to bloom got broken off along with some petunias.  I love having them inside so it's not a big problem.

As always, thanks for stopping by.......*s*

Another Dahlia

Just because it's pretty!

We live in what could be called an odd mini microclimate.  The house is in a wood consisting of beech, oak and maple.  We don't have a lot of space cleared so the trees tend to keep cold off the ground.  I still have morning glories and other flowers happily blooming.  Hopefully the frost will stay away for a few more weeks.

It's stuck in an old mug. Not the best color choice, but it was at hand.   I often save them for various uses.

It looks like we are having a sunny week end with temps in the sixties.  Toes crossed that all have equally enjoyable days.

As always, thanks for stoping by...........*s*

Happy....

......Autumnal Equinox, which officially occurs at 4:44 PM or 20:44 for those international readers who might be stopping by.

And for all the J.R.R. Tolkien fans out there, a Happy Birthday to Bilbo and Frodo Baggins.  If I were more organized I would be offering a mathom or two......perhaps next year.

We had rain all night and for the better part of the morning, but it has begun to clear.  The clouds are quickly heading west.  It's going to get cool again tonight, but not cold enough for frost.

My one large surviving dahlia has begun to bloom.  The rain knocked the stem of this bloom around so I brought it inside to enjoy.

Fall is coming.  There is a flock of grackles grakeling around the pond and woods.  They are loving the pond.  This is an unexpected benefit to having a water feature in the yard.  I hope we'll be seeing many more birds coming through.

I'm supposed to be writing my artist's statement for my upcoming show.....which I will find many and all excuses to avoid doing.  I don't like to say too much about my stuff as I believe that once I put it out in  the world it should speak for itself.  What a viewer brings is as important as what I give.

I think my computer keyboard needs cleaning!

Enjoy the day!  As always, thanks for stopping by.........*s*