Birthday flowers!

Goodbye leaves

Goodbye pretty flower, til we meet again.

Where Have All The Flowers Gone?

AUTUMN LEAVES

Here is a picture of the leaves that fell off my tree. If you walk through them, it comes up almost to your knees and the garden is buried somewhere under there!

Grasshopper

Here is a shot of the "cute" or if you prefer "ugly" grasshopper.

WHERE ARE THE POTS??

The garden is now like "Where's Waldo" .... can you find the flower pots?? There are at least 7!

COLEUS

This coleus survived the rains! Coleus have no blossoms, just pretty colored leaves.I have moved flowering potted plants from my deck into the garden to give it some color. I'll be posting some photos of the "new potted plant garden." Please let me know what you think.

NASTURTIUM

This is a nasturtium, that I grew from seed....truly amazing that it actually GREW!

RAINED OUT!

Look at what's left of this pathetic little flower after the rains!

GOLDFINCH!

I posted my husband at the bird-feeder with the camera on a tripod to get the picture of this cute little Goldfinch. Look carefully, the little bird is the same color as the feeder!

WEEDS!! GARDEN IS PITIFUL!

WEEDS!! I went away on vacation for a few days and the little Salem Garden had to fend for itself. I bought a clock- timer to turn on the water for the hose, set it for twice a day and knew that the garden would be watered. I didn't know that it would also be raining while I was away...so the hose came on and automatically watered while it was pouring rain! Not only a waste of water, but I guess the weeds loved it and completely took over. I've spent 2 days pulling out weeds, but I think this garden is a memory until next year. I'll be posting pictures of it throughout the Fall and Winter season for those of you lucky enough to have warm weather all year (so you can see what you are NOT missing).

BEE on the BEGONIA!

When I was a kid I would run down the street screaming if a bee came anywhere near me...now I am getting so close to the little critters to capture a photo...I must be nuts or fearless!

Does anyone know....DOES THIS KIND OF BEE STING?

Ladybug on the mug!

Isn't the ladybug cute! It was running so fast around the mug and made about 3 laps!

Ladybug in the house!

This little ladybug was running fast around the rim of a mug in the kitchen sink! Here are a few shots of it.

Why is this called a Bachelor button? Did bachelor's wear them??

Isn't this bachelor button pretty! And can you believe I grew it from seed.

SEE THE BUSY BEE!

I held the camera about 2 inches away from this bee and it was so busy busy going from flower to flower collecting pollen. It was so exciting and I had the feeling the bee was "putting on a show" for me!

Bachelor button

Bachelor button! I am thrilled...I planted these from seeds and I thought the blossoms wouldn't open until the plant was about 20 inches tall, but here they are starting to open .... cute isn't it!

Baby nasturtium, how exciting!

This is a nasturtium bud. I planted these from seeds a few weeks ago, and I am amazed that they grew!

What is this cutie?

My husband photographed this flower for me.

I think it's a wildflower, I never planted it...isn't it pretty? Does anyone know what it is?