How Does Your Garden Grow?

A separate bowl of cheap inexpensive seed keeps Timex away from the premium seed in the bird feeder. When Time runs back to his hidey-hole with his cheeks full, the blue jays enjoy pecking the seed out of the bowl.

A carpet of red leaves from the swamp maple out front.

Hot and humid weather yields a perfect harvest of mushrooms.

The Japanese Maple dwarfed by the Swamp Maple

Almost 2 inches of rain for the week.

A loan Heath aster pokes its head through the grass.

The hot, humid, and rainy weather took a toll on Himself's garden. Timex at the few cherry tomatoes on the vine, and the lone cucumber looks pretty sad.

A carpet of yellow leaves from the choke cherries (black birch)

Color rises as a flush across the street.

An impossible blue sky

So much for Timex staying away from the seed in the bird feeder.

Corolla made a good model for an Inktober drawing.

The Halloween decorations are up in the front porch. 

At the end of the season last year, I found this black cat spinner on sale.

At Michael's, I found a kiddie decorating kit that came with a wooden witch and a cat. I colored the cat with Tombo brush markers and attached it with tape to the pumpkin that came with the Welcome sign.

How does your garden grow?