Gifts of Autumn

As I was raking the oak leaves, I noticed the little ground-cover weeds that have yellow flowers in the spring and much of the summer and fall, had gone to seed. Usually they have been mowed too often to produce seeds, so this is the first time I've noticed their interesting pods and mustard size seeds. The oak leaf looks like a hand about to grasp them.

First Frost yesterday....

The mandevilla has put on a continuous show from the time I bought it in the late spring, but being tropical, it will not tolerate any frost. So you just buy a new one each year.

End of the road, too, for the morning glories.

 

 

 

Early September garden visitors and sunset.

Scroll down to read the captions, they will not show up when you click on a picture to enlarge it, and get the slide show. In slide show, click the image to go to next one, or scroll throught them. I have tried to identify these 'bugs', might as well learn their names if I'm going to take their pictures.   

Ailanthus Webworm Moth (top) and a Goldenrod Soldier Beetle

Buckeye Butterfly



Buckeye Butterfly

Buckeye Butterfly



Buckeye Butterflies



Buckeye Butterfly

white cabbage butterfly



Forage Looper Moth



Lily Beetle



Mandevilla with flash at dusk. This picture is unedited, except to add my signature.



I don't know the species name of these lillium , but they are literally a beehive of activity every summer. Bloom in late August, last quite a while, and attract a wide variety of bees, wasps, and beetles, etc. This shot taken at dusk with flash.

After the rain, a little colorful ending of the day.

Soft natural street lighting







 



Shower gifts

After the showers, a few mushrooms appear, like little umbrellas for the small creatures of the yard.



gifts of the showers

bee? wasp? Never know what to call these tiny workers.

Love the transparency of the wings.

Fortress for a chipmonk

Pink lilies, color enhanced.

Friday morning images

 A little fog along the Kentucky River this morning.

 Tweaked a bit with 'watercolor effect'.

 My big bean crop from one pot with two plants in it. Well, there's more than this!

 The very first blossom to open, on the white alliums.

 Allysum and celosia.

 Surprise Lilies (Naked Ladies).

Rose of Sharon, color manipulated.

 Mandevilla.

Rose of Sharon 

One little volunteer morning glory.