Ahhh-plumb purple in honor of Fall!
Started trimming back and cleaning up the yard (as much as I can) for Fall. The squirrels have been putting away acorns like crazy, and clumps of leaves are making their way to the ground. When the real deluge of leaves start, I'll just watch until it's done. There are 4, 23- year- old maples that shade our home, 5 oak trees that are probably 100 years old (only 1 is actually on our property), and we have 3 red bud trees in our yard. But with the way our driveway is situated, we are like a wind tunnel. You guessed it....with probably 1,000 trees in our neighborhood, guess where a lot of the leaves go? My yard. When it's really windy, you can actually hear the leaves as they race up and down my driveway, jockying for position, trying to find a place to pile up. Sometimes the cat thinks the leaves are chasing her. It's quite funny to watch!
Planted pansies, mostly in pots and hanging baskets, because when the leaves all decide to let go of the trees, the pansies are covered up! And trying to get the leaves up (even with the blower) really tears the pansies apart. But I still planted some...and a few mums in pots as well. That way I can move them around for color in the yard as needed. (Besides, the moles and gophers are really busy right now----not in my yard yet---I think the cats have discouraged that hopefully). I bought 3 pumpkins as well (things are better in uneven numbers don't you know?)
We took the pool down last week. We will put the chiminaya in the middle of the circle of dirt in the back yard and put our lawn chairs out around it. Come on over this Friday night for s'mores, okay?
It was 49 degrees this morning. "Brrrrrr" as my great niece Alyssa would say, wrapping her arms around her little body and shivering for effect. Quite refreshing to drive around with my moon/sun roof open! Just watch out for the same acorn burying squirrels, who also throw them! If I don't remember to close the roof when I go home for lunch, there's not telling what will end up in my car!
Amazing how green everything became after being brown/yellow/dead for the months of July and August. Greening up in time to give us a glorious Indian summer, with green, cool grass to sit on. Can't wait for the trees to turn. I hope that we have good color in them this year!
Enjoy the changing of the seasons. That's one of the things I really like about living in Oklahoma. The seasons. Now it's time for light weight sweaters, and a favorite pair of worn out jeans.....ahhh! Fall!