I am sitting here dressed in warm, winter cloths, my nose and fingers are cold because there is a nip in the air in my living room as I don’t want to break down and turn on the heat already. The only thing keeping me warm right now is my laptop:-)
Do you remember the post I wrote back in August? In it I wondered if the first frost would take place on October 2nd based on a bit of folk lore that I’ll let you read at the post itself - well guess what, it just might come true! It is so cold! But perhaps it will only be temporary, time will tell.
In spite of the cold, my large Shasta? Daisies are blooming beautifully, and my Impatiens, well there’s a big reason why I grow them every year, they last ALL summer and well into the fall, and are still beautiful. The hosta and all other things are struggling, we had an abundance of slugs due to the wet summer, and one could only do so much to keep them under control.
So we are now enjoying the fall flowers, the color that is beginning to add beauty to the leaves on the many trees around us, and preparing for what may be a very cold winter.
