Fertilizer Friday, October 29

Though the flowers are far from perfect right now, I'm appreciating the ones I have left.  All too soon there will be no pinks, reds, yellows, oranges or blues outside to greet me.   There's a few things left that aren't frozen or completely windblown beyond recognition, but this is the end of the growing season for the annuals in the River Bed:

I was amazed at how large the castor beans (on the left side of the picture) grew.  I hope their seeds are mature enough to harvest.  These were the 'blue' castor beans given to me by my nursery owner friend, Brenda.

 Profusion Cherry Zinnias, displaying all the stages of bloom.

 Leaves in the Pan Fountain

A little flash of Blue Butterfly Delphinium--it's out of focus, but it's so blue!

Bosnian Pine in the Quarry with the remnants of the clouds from the Big Storm

Even the Fountain Lady's flowers are fading a bit more every day.  This is only one petunia plant, Supertunia 'Bubblegum Pink', I will be growing more of them next year.  I hope the seed will be available one day soon!

Long shot of the Quarry Pond--lots of flowers to remove for winter.
And, my only attempt at Halloween Decorating this fall; very pitiful considering all the beautiful displays I've seen on other blogs!

Joel grew some 'Lumina' pumpkins this year that didn't get a chance to ripen to white, but they are very pretty, even in
pale green.
  Pale green seems to be the best description of what color I would use to describe myself this past month. Today was yet another unexpected day spent away from home 'doctoring' again.  Oh, well, ruled out a whole bunch of stuff, so eventually we might find out What It Is. 
 I can always hope, right?!

Between a rock and hard place, tough place to be.

My heartfelt thanks to David, for being my advocate and chauffeur and for his loving concern today-- more than a mother could ask for.  To Joel, for his encouragement and devotion; to Ann, for her friendship this morning and always, and going to bat for me with the doctor; and of course, to Carl, for his love.   

Don't forget to check out all the great garden displays at
Tootsie's Fertilizer Friday


That's where I'm headed!