
With the wet weather we have been having recently – these flowers, waiting to go onto the compost heap
Have truly reached “the end of the line”
So this is my submission for the Picture This Photo Contest for November over at Gardening Gone Wild.

What did happen to the last couple of months?
I think just being really busy happened to me.
And here we are a week into November.
Hopefully I will be less busy and can get back into posting an image nearly every day again

It wont be long before the Autumn Equinox.
And while we are still enjoying the most lovely Indian Summer
The Year is creeping towards Autumn
And the dew is lying heavy in the mornings.

The insects in the garden were making the most of the warmth.
Every year I consider taking out these pink Japanese anemone
Then, like to-day I notice them back-lit by the late afternoon sun
And I know they will stay another year.

We have had such a poor July and August,
That we have not had three consecutive dry days
Which made to-day even more special
As it was warm and sunny
And the garden was full of bees and butterflies.

Today was yet another overcast day.
But this evening the sun appeared from behind the clouds and lit up the Libertia
And the little smoke bush

I think that the seed heads of allium ‘Mount Everest’ are as lovely as the flowers.
I only bought one bulb last year “to try”
So this Autumn I am going to order some more.

September all-ready – where did August go to?
I think … as I have been under par for about a month, it just went and I didn’t notice.
I bought this Malva “Park Rondell” at the end of last summer in the sale.
So I didn’t know what shade of pink it was going to be
But I am quite pleased with it.

Echinacea purpurea which I grew from seed.
This plant is just so photogenic, and I love it.