Thanksgiving's over:11'17

 With Thanksgiving feast behind us, we didn't waste any time packing away all the Fall decorations and begin trimming the tree for Christmas.. Then CC really got carried away, and continued  decorating every other room in the house.

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas.

Bye Bye Butterfly: 11 '17

This summer CC  planted three Butterfly weed plants (Asclepias tuberosa)  in  the front yard.   These easy to grow North American natives are trouble free and  produced umbels of bright orange, yellow or red blooms all summer long. 

In turn, we were rewarded with a constant collection of beautiful butterflies which were attracted to the plant's color and copious production of nectar.

Sadly, the temperatures  have begun to drop in this area.  The plants are still ablaze with blooms, but the butterflies have migrated on.