Another sure sign of fall is the monarch migration.  

 

We have been seeing lots of monarchs in our neighborhood:  some in my marigolds, and some in our neighbors' gardens.  The trick to get them to come to your garden?  Plant lots of flowers.  Marigolds, zinnias, butterfly bush, echinacea, asters, cleome, coreopsis, cosmos, and four o'clocks are real attractors for butterflies.  Most of these grow easily from seeds, and the butterflies just love coming to them.  

 

Another joy of autumn.

 

 

HAPPY FALL!!!