Fall on the Blog

Fall=Autumn, by the way...
I have noticed such beautiful pictures from all over the world.  Leaves are turning, and my own yard looked better than usual when I returned from a month away!
Morning Glories are blocking one whole window, but I'm not complaining!  And they stay out all day, not just mornings.  They are SO cheerful.

Who knows why I have purple in one window, and pink in the other?  Soil?  They've been there so long that I don't remember when I first threw seeds in there.  They miraculously reseed themselves every year*.
And then the real "Fall" flowers waited until I left.

 The tomatoes are eeking out their last existence.   Tomato weather during the days, they will survive awhile longer if I think of them at bedtime.

 And who can resist a photo-op?  Clyde and Bonnie have been very needy since I returned! They follow me everywhere.

Enjoy the day! Carpe diem!

Signs of Spring

Inspired by Torill in Denmark.

Carnation Tweeked

As I clicked "post" yesterday, I took a closer look at my carnation... and decided not good enough!
Here's the update:

 I intended to "fix" the color by using a non-solid and four-strands of sock yarn.

In addition, I followed the instructions (mostly - 3 1/2 inches became 1 1/2 inches) for the stem, increasing at the top. I wasn't convinced that was what was best the first time, but once I saw the FO, I could see that it truly resembled the stem of a carnation.  Brilliant, I say!! (Not me, Linda Cyr.)

Floral Flair: Knit Carnation 

by Linda Cyr 

from Coats & Clark

Who knows Flowers??

Here are some of the beautiful flowers in our garden in Spain.  I don't recognize them.  If anyone knows what they are, let me know!
This first one has lots of colors on each stem, and reminds me of a spirea flower.

The next ones have been bent over to form an archway.  I love the feeling of walking through it, and having the greenery and flowers above.  They are the ones I know:  Bouganvilla, but I wasn't aware that they had tiny white flowers in them, nor that they come in colors other than red.

The big yellow flower in the lower left opened soon after we arrived, and lasted no more than 2 days.  

And this is a new bud like the yellow one above, that I hope will miraculously open on the last day I'm here.  It will be the third flower of my entire 16 day stay.