October 30, 2019

A Wordless Seasonal Denial

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26 comments:

  1. Hi Friend,
    I must say, we had a great growing season. Our kill frost came on 10/25! In Northern Wisconsin that is a true blessing.

    Here is to Spring!
    xx oo
    Carla

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    1. That is great, Carla! It's been a strange growing season, but I enjoyed the summer weather that stretched into October. Not much autumn weather this year, though--we skipped right into winter. Yes, here's to spring!

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  2. Definitely not ready for this kind of weather in October!

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    1. I agree. It happened too fast. I still have Oak leaves falling in the backyard, big time. I'm not sure when they'll get raked at this point.

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  3. Cape snow today - our wildflower, a papery white daisy - is having a spectacularly good year.

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    1. That sounds lovely, Diana. I much prefer that type of snow! ;-)

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  4. Oh my! You waited so patiently for that Canna to bloom - I'm sorry to see that Mother Nature chose to take her out just when she was peaking.

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    1. I'm thrilled that the Canna bloomed at all. It was kind of fun to see the bud-to-bloom progression, and it took on a special significance knowing it was happening on borrowed time. Next year, I'll try to find it a sunnier spot, although I don't have many of those here. ;-)

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  5. A bit of the tropics with a sprinkling of snow! I have some good friends headed to Madison tomorrow, to see their son, who is in grad school! Y'all stay warm!

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    1. I hope your friends had a safe trip. We had record snowfall for the date and it was a mess. I thought perhaps we'd get a reprieve with more mild weather, but it appears winter has set in for good--much earlier than "normal."

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  6. So wonderful that you took those pictures until the snow sprinkled all over the Canna!
    Very pretty series of shots, I must say!
    Thank you for sharing them with us, today.
    Have a blessed week ahead.

    Esha

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    1. Thank you, Esha! It was fun to watch the progress of the Canna through the end of the growing season. :)

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  7. Great series of shots! My cannas are always the first to flop when we get frost, it's fun to see one standing (relatively) tall in the snow.

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    1. Thanks, Loree. It was fun to track the progress. I really like Cannas, but I need to find a sunnier spot for it, so it has a longer season to shine.

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  8. I laughed a sick kind of laugh when I saw the last photo. Same here, and pretty #$%^& cold! ... down to -18 F. Did you have that too?

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    1. I know. It has me chuckling, too...when I'm not crying. ;-) It's going to be a lonnngggg winter...

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  9. We mostly had slush coming down. I hate that the build up to the big bloom was stopped by the snow and cold. Hopefully it will be a little quicker to bloom next year. Keep warm...

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    1. Glad to hear your weather wasn't too bad, Lisa. I wish I had more sun for it. The sunny spots are quite limited here. But, actually, the foliage is really pretty, too. :)

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  10. We can reinforce each other in our denial. Maybe it's time to visit a nice greenhouse.

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    1. This has been a rough few weeks. Starting to settle back into "normal" weather again...I'm hoping we'll have an early spring.

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  11. OH, WHAT GREAT PICTURES! I enjoyed the shots thinking, "Beth is much further north than I, so she must be cleaning old pictures out her camera." And then I saw the snow! What a shock!
    Jeannie@GetMeToTheCountry

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    1. Thanks, Jeannie. Yes, it was quite a shock, and we've had far below normal temperatures from Halloween until a couple of days ago. Now we're settling into "normal" temps, which are still cold but not brutal like they were. :(

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  12. Now that was a surprise ending! Great photos!

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  13. Great shots, Beth. We haven't had snow yet, but the temps are frigidly low here. P. x

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    1. Thank you, Pam. We had horrible weather in late October and early November. Now it's kinda normal--highs in the 40s. Today it was 51, so I had a wonderful hike. All the snow is melted. It can stay away as long as it wants. ;-)

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