So, it's the time of year when most of the leaves have fallen off the trees and everything is looking a lot more monochromatic, especially when there is a dearth of blue sky and even the old-reliable lawns are starting to look like old polaroids. I decided to look for some colour to brighten up the days.
Most of our fruit-bearing shrubs have been stripped of their colourful food sources by the birds. In fact, last weekend, a flock of robins came to our back garden and ate every single Carolina Allspice berry of one shrub in about an hour! Still, there are Rosehips which always add a splash of colour to the garden, and the hungry critters seem to leave them alone.
This is the time of year when it's important to have flowering house plants. We had a bumper crop of Christmas Cactus blooms (see last blog entry) and now the African Violets are flowering. The one above is my personal favourite colour, but we also have one in purple and two miniature ones that are either white or variegated white and purple.
Down in the greenhouse, we have three bonsai Azaleas that spend the summer in the garden. Two didn't look so hot by summer's end and CC debated about tossing them, but luckily didn't. The one above was one of the consumptive shrubs that has now rewarded us with masses of pink flowers. Of course, the healthiest looking one has nary a bud to be seen.
Finally, the above shot was taken in the Speed River. Flowering? No. Colourful? Yes! And amusing to boot. "Bye bye Hallowe'en, hello Christmas!" it says to me.
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