September's Bloom Day

Happy Bloom Day

Remembering Dad

Today my Dad would have been 91 years old.

Happy Birthday, Dad! You are missed!

Book Series

I just finished the third book in a series except it was the first one in the series not the third.

Have you ever read series books out of order? Some of them don't matter all that much. This one did because I knew what the ending would be. I just didn't know how they would get to that point.

The author is Jennifer Chiaverini and her series is called Elm Creek Quilts series. I just finished the first book, "The Quilter's Apprentice". The one I read first was "The Lost Quilter", which I think is the latest in her series. After that one I read "The Runaway Quilt" which actually preceded the first one I read.

I'm not a quilter, but it does make me consider maybe I should try it sometime.

Scenes from the Garden

Marigolds are lovely this time of year. Though, I do have one plant that hasn't bloomed at all.

Volunteer tomatoes are ripening nicely. This is the variety you see in the supermarket that's sold on the stems.

Volunteer cantaloupe is almost ripe.

Another volunteer cantaloupe that's much smaller. Don't know if it will ripen.

With all the rain there are lots of toadstools through the garden.

Chicken wire has kept the groundhog at bay so these could flower.

Miss Amelia day lily that I planted this summer. Of the three plants this is the only one to bloom.

Coleus looks lovely now with all the rain.

False dragonhead in bloom.

Another toadstool variety.

Goldfish think I will feed them.

A surprise flowering in the pond.

The largest tomato so far and probably for the year.

Arugula, spinach and mesculun (to the left) have sprouted.