My Zinnias were toasted by the first hard frost Saturday night. At first light Sunday morning they resembled frosted flakes.
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In a Vase, on Monday
Well. In my Saturday post I postulated that it would be a momentous weekend, and (sadly, it turns out) I was right. The Toronto Blue Jays lost the baseball World Series crown in a true heart breaker of a game, and we had the first hard frost of the year. My glowing Zinnia patch is […]
6 on Saturday – 01NOV2025 – What’s Blooming in November
Such a momentous weekend: most of the country falls back to standard time tonight, giving us an extra hour of sleep tomorrow and making winter mornings brighter, earlier; the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team has transformed the city (and the country!) into a blue tinged cauldron of joy as they battle to be World Series […]
In a Vase, on Monday – A Thanksgiving Trio
Given it’s almost mid October and we’ve already had a couple nights of light frost, I thought I’d cut the two or three dozen best looking Zinnia blooms yesterday and bring them indoors to decorate today’s Thanksgiving dinner table. Better than having them turn to mush still standing in the garden! Butterflies and honey bees […]
6 on Saturday – 11OCT2025 – Early Fall
Fall colours are muted around here this year, possibly because of the months with no rain over the summer, but there’s still a lot of lovely yellows and oranges with pops of bright red showing on certain trees, such as sumac and red maple. When it comes to yellow, we think of other types of […]
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