CAUTION...MAD WOMAN WITH A RAKE AHEAD!

 Yeah, it happens every year but I'll not be found with rake in hand  until after this wind storm moves through! Thousands more to come down with our two maples!

 What gravel paths?

By tomorrow, they'll be about 6" deep on the patio...

GREENIES

 It's the end of veggie gardening season and I've been humoring myself by leaving several green heirloom tomatoes on the vine in hopes that the warm daytime temps will convince them to ripen. I don't know if these are Brandywine (pink when ripe) or German (yellow/orange when ripe) as this grafted plant has both varieties. But with much cooler temps forecast for this week, I took down the plants and discovered even more tomatoes!  So it looks like some fried green tomato sandwiches are in our future.

LATE SEASON CATCH-ALL BLOG

My friend Carolyn gave me an old Borden's Creamery wooden box a few years back so I have re-purposed it as a shelf in the greenhouse so I can hold more pots of succulents. Last night we heard a funny "plop" sound but didn't investigate. Today I discovered that one of the succulent pots I brought in from the outdoors and put in the dining room was full of ants and they had actually "kicked out" an entire plant on to the floor. I immediately hauled the offending pot outside, dumped the soil and "quarantined" the plants to make sure that all the ants are gone. 

 The heavenly blue morning glory is so late this year that it is just now blooming! Too bad as cold temps tonite may finish it off for the season. 

Mr. A has been using his time wisely in the shop by painting yet another sign for his cabinets...this time the composition is all things Cord...a car built for only a couple of years in the late 1930's. I like the fall motif he used!

REFURBISHED (WISH I COULD SAY THE SAME!)

After about 15 years of hanging around outside on fences, the sign I painted in the mid 2000's was looking worn so my under-gardener/sign painter took it in hand and redid it in One Shot paint...that's the paint that still has lead in it so it lasts longer. Now it looks so good I don't want to hang it outside until next spring, so I'll store it until then!