Autumn weather is fully entrenched around here now. Parts of northern Pennsylvania had a dusting of snow this morning; here at our house we’ve had temperatures in the low 30’s so far, but not a really hard freeze yet. The changes in scenery are subtle, but as an example, our Japanese dogwood trees a few weeks ago still had green leaves while the seed pods were a beautiful bright orange.
Now, while the seed pods still look orange, they are getting soft. The leaves are now starting to turn color too.The row of trees all along the front of our property are lovely.
I had designed and painted this quilt block (below) on wood in late August for the front door. It feels like it’s time to put up the quilt block from fabric that I had made a year ago for the late fall season.
When I took a walk around the garden today, I was totally surprised that the lavender is still blooming! I may have to grab my shears and snag a few stems!
The carrots that we left in the garden are still doing well. The tops are still green and the carrots should be OK until after Thanksgiving right there in the ground. They actually keep better in the ground than in the refrigerator.
Just a few carrots left in this row. We’ll dig them up next.These carrots were an experiment. They were planted around mid-August and we weren’t sure they would do well. We’ll harvest them last.The echinacea have gone to seed and will drop them over the winter. Next year’s patch should be spectacular!The Butternut trees are losing more leaves every day.The Red Bud trees keep their leaves the longest.The neighbors down our street have these beautiful bushes. Glorious color every year!And our wood pile is ready for cold weather. While our house has electric heat, nothing beats the warmth of wood heat from our stove in the basement. It keeps the floors warm!
So that’s what is happening around our house. Happy Autumn from our house to yours!
