For many, today is about getting great deals on merchandise at stores and online. Businesses hope to cleanup on this day. After Thanksgiving, I prefer to avoid the madding crowd, stay home, and enjoy the afterglow of sharing the feast with family and friends.
This year, my eldest grand niece, who is taking a floral design class at school, made and brought this sweet centerpiece.
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Because I have the day off, and because the messy garden needs regular attention, I'll be heading out to do a different king of cleanup.
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All is not about ending and messiness. Some plants are just gearing up for their winter work.
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Mahonia blooms are abuzz with fighting hummingbirds and the now leafless Euonymus europaeus 'Red Ace' (below) Clerodendrum trichotomum, and Callicarpa are providing a jolt of unexpected color.
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This year, my eldest grand niece, who is taking a floral design class at school, made and brought this sweet centerpiece.
Because I have the day off, and because the messy garden needs regular attention, I'll be heading out to do a different king of cleanup.
Thank goodness for the leaf blower!
The fallen leaves of Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood'"bloom" on evergreens.
This resembles the red fabric of the table runner.
This guy isn't amused.
Time to pick the persimmons - Yum.
The Linden and Cherry trees have finished dropping leaves for the year.
All is not about ending and messiness. Some plants are just gearing up for their winter work.
The year's first blooms on Viburnum × bodnantense ‘Dawn’ which will be blooming and sharing sweet fragrance all winter long.
Mahonia blooms are abuzz with fighting hummingbirds and the now leafless Euonymus europaeus 'Red Ace' (below) Clerodendrum trichotomum, and Callicarpa are providing a jolt of unexpected color.
Looking like winter.
Lots of seed pods on the Empress trees this year.
Dammit kids, I just cleaned up after you last weekend.
Happy Friday everyone!
