We are all extra busy this week--at least those of us in the US. I very much appreciate all the readers and visitors who are still stopping in to the blog. I hope that your Thanksgiving celebration was joy-filled and truly thankful.Today, I won't write much, but want to show you more of the beauty in our yard. As I look around, I realize that we have come to a real change of season here in North Florida. After a warmer than usual October and early November, we finally are getting chilly nights in the 50s and some 40s and cooler days, in the 60s and 70s. So, some fall colors are showing up in the leaves of deciduous trees, and the winter flowers are coming into their own.
Some of the flowers in these October photos are now gone or at least faded and on their way out for the season. Our side and front yard have more varied colors than the back yard I showed you in previous posts, with lots of reds and red-orange, some yellows, whites, and purples. The red-orange and red flowering plants above are pagoda plant and fire spike. Mark doesn't remember the name of the yellow--the flower looks like a black-eyed susan, but this susie has bright green eyes.
Question of the day: What is interesting outside your window this time of the year?
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lovely flowers! i always see the sunrise in our living room window, it's a great way to start a day. ;)
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Thank you, Cher. Wow--that is a great way to start the day! And I imagine the mornings differ in interesting ways--the angle, quality, and color of the light; the clarity or cloudiness of the sky, etc.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your pics Mary! I'd love to have your weather instead of our Ohio weather but I'm trying to love Winter this year....lol!!
ReplyDeleteHope you had a great Thanksgiving!!
You are welcome, Manon. And thank you for your good wishes; we did have a great Thanksgiving. In some ways, it is my favorite holiday because of its relative simplicity. No gifts & minimal or no decorating--just good food and deep thankfulness with people we love.
ReplyDeleteSummer is here in the southern hemisphere and hopefully our flowers will be up to the standards of these beauties!
ReplyDeleteWhat vibrant, gorgeous colors Mary! I see bare or almost bare branches, a pall of overcast skies most days (which I absolutely adore!), and small harbingers of winter. No flowers! But autumn is my favorite of all of the seasons. It always fills me with joy, excitement, and anticipation. We've not had snow yet, which is a bit unusual, I think...but the years begin to run together for me at this point - at least weather wise. Do you have anything on your easel?
ReplyDeleteLIz, I love hearing from blogging friends who live in radically different climates from mine--or who are even, like you, entering a different season. I hope you have a lovely, creative summer.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Autumn. Your autumn description sets a nice mood (it has always been my favorite season, also--although it is different in North FL from my childhood western MI autumns). Yes, I do have a piece on my easel, which I want to get back to--a 12 X 16 version of one of the winter marsh studies I posted a few weeks ago.
Seeing your pictures and hearing about your 60 - 70 degree days makes me a bit jealous. I don't know how many days now it has been since I have seen the sun. Rain, rain, rain, and of couse we also have rain. Then comes the mold, moss, midew, hmmm...that's all?
ReplyDeleteThe pictures are very pretty. - Thanks for giving me hope for spring.
It's great to hear from you, Quill! I'm glad you like the photos. Maybe you would feel better about your climate if we traded temps and conditions in late July. That's when I am tired of the heat and feeling envious of those in cooler climates.
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