I've been in the yard...

I can't believe it's mid-November and the trees in my yard are just starting to turn! Yes, the calendar says Fall, but the weather says...oh I'm not sure...just wonderful I guess...and yes...I have been busy in my yard all this week...so busy I haven't posted one single day! A couple dear people mentioned this fact to me and I'm sorry...but I've been gardening! You see last week the wind blew and blew...for days on end...and I think everything blew in my yard! My poor apple tree has lost half its leaves ...not because they turned and gently fell off...but because they were ripped off the branches!! I'm really surprised that there are this many leaves left on the birch trees...they must really be strong! Well this week the weather couldn't be better..and I have spent most of my time cleaning up all the stuff that blew in and off ...that by the time I come in and sew for a couple hours, then fix dinner...I'm pooped! No energy to sit and blog.
Anyway...after most of the clean up was done...I decided to play in the dirt...literally...it's composting time!!

Yesterday I drove up to the garden center and picked up some annuals for my back yard...It could use a bit of color! There's nothing better than a wagon full of flowers to make me feel good!! Some gals like their jewelry and clothes...give me a wagon full of flowers and I'm happy!! I got all kinds too..gerber daisies, stock flowers, iceland poppies, snap dragons, pansies and violas too!! They will all find a nice spot in my yard soon!! I planted most of them today, but I have some rearranging to do before I finish planting them all...

I cleaned out this planter first...It was so full of leaves that I couldn't even see any dirt! I trimmed my roses and perennials in here and then I added a few violas and poppies...they will be so pretty this Spring! You can see that I still have Black Eyed Susans...that's really strange for this time of year...I read today that there is a La Nina getting stronger and that's the reason for our warmer temperatures...it is supposed to be a warmer, drier winter. I do enjoy it, but we need the rain...and if it stays this warm I may never get anything done in the house...I can't stay inside when it's nice out!!

Even some herbs are still going strong. I trimmed this thyme...it was pretty wild! A funny story to end...these birds you see on this little table somehow mysteriously move every night...I'm thinking it must be a cat or possum that does it...maybe an owl...I really don't know...I just know that I pick them up from somewhere else in the yard in the morning and put them back on the table...someone hasn't figured out that they are fake! You would think after the first time...they would realize this, but no...and this has been going on for months!!

Enjoy the day my friends!!