A view up my back passage today - not bad for mid-October! [click to embiggen]
After a sunny start, today has turned to rain again - and it's getting colder, to boot. Dammit!
I think a little "Sunday music", courtesy of our house band is in order, don't you?
I never even knew the original, but needless to say, this is better!
We love Postmodern Jukebox.
Well, don't you have a veritable Fuchsia-fest up your back passage!
ReplyDeleteI've spent some of this blustery, rainy afternoon sorting through photos for my own GPE post - I'm up to July and 50 photos, so need to do some whittling down. I wish it were "So Easy"...
The fuchsias are at their absolute best at the moment! They didn't particularly love the five heatwaves we had this year, and the cooler temperatures have spurred them into putting on a proper show.
DeleteSorting through twelve months' worth of photos in prep for the GPE is on my priority list... Jx
Your back passage seems to be beautiful any time of year. It’s So Easy!
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We love our fuchsias! Jx
Your back passage is always so bright and cheery!
ReplyDeleteWe must have been on the same wavelength again. It sure has been a great autumn this year. So mush color and things going strong. I always start getting a tad sad knowing the color will disappear soon. I see you too are getting fallen leaves...
The whole garden's full of flowers, bees, hoverflies and other pollinators. October maybe the true start of autumn, but it's a lovely flowering season for salvias and fuchsias, and the pelargoniums, hardy geraniums and impatiens are all having a new flush of flowers, too!
DeleteThe fallen leaves are merely the summer-scorched ones that the fuchsias are shedding - now that all our bastard weed trees are gone, that is the worst we'll get this season. Hurrah! Jx
Lucky you! I have a mighty oak in the back. Glorious! But the leaves! I do keep the last bit of them in the garden once everything is done and trimmed back for a winters sleep. They help to insulate and nourish when they start to compost.
DeleteOver here, all the garden advice is to collect tree leaves, put them in bin bags, pierce those a few times with a fork and plonk them into a corner to break down into leaf mould - which itself is a unique potting medium.
DeleteWe don't have beds, but - apart from the fact they provide a perfect breeding ground for slugs and snails - if we did, I think I might be tempted to do the same as you. Far less faffing around, and therefore more time to sit with a gin and tonic and enjoy the garden... Jx
My Twisted Willow is in bud again - there are catkins - it's really not right! Everything is very green and fresh as though it's Spring. A very confusing year in the garden.
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Yes, similar here. I retrieved a couple of pots of daffs from under the bench with a view to starting the Spring planters, and they're already sprouting - In October! Jx
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ReplyDeletePMJ are always faboo! Jx
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