These are MY trees showing their fall color.  Left to right, they are Hickory, Red maple, and Tulip poplar.  I love them all, especially on a gorgeous fall day like this one.  

 

 

HAPPY FALL!!!

I copied this straight off the Farmers Almanac page:

 

 

Veterans Day is celebrated every November 11 in the United States. Veterans Day 2025 is Tuesday, November 11, 2025. This annual federal holiday honors those who served in the United States Armed Forces.

 

 

Let us always honor those who served.  

 

 

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

 

I don't usually have favorites, because I love them all.  But in the fall, I think my favorite trees are the Hickories.  They turn all kinds of yellow and gold.  And they poke way up into the blue sky.  Oh, wait.  They also drop hickory nuts that make our feet skid out from under us walking down to the garden.

 

That's OK, I still love them.  I hope you get to see Hickory trees in their glorious fall attire.

 

 

HAPPY FALL!!!

 

 

Here is another cool fall color shot.  This one is looking north toward Murphy, and farther toward Franklin, NC.  

 

It's so much prettier in person, but if you can't be here, the least I can do is share my pictures.  I hope it's beautiful where you are.

 

 

HAPPY FALL Y'ALL!!!

 

Wow!!  It is SO pretty here!!!  The fall color is still beautiful.  This is our view to the south as we get near the top of the mountain.  Those in the distance are the North Georgia Mountains.  

 

The roads are covered with yellow and brown leaves, and everywhere you look it is gorgeous!!!!

 

 

WISH YOU WERE HERE!!!

 

 

On my way to Virginia a few weeks ago, I saw cotton fields in bloom, or is it cotton fields gone to seed?  Anyway, I saw lots of cotton, and vowed to myself to stop on the way home.  So I did.  You can see the sky in the picture, and it was a little rainy that day, but I stopped to get a nice picture to show you.  I love this picture.  

 

You can't see the seeds, but they are there at the base of the cotton boll.  You also can't see the whole field of cotton, but it was beautiful:  it looked like it had recently snowed.  Beautiful!!!  Definitely worth the stop.

 

 

HAPPY FALL Y'ALL!!!

 

We went to THE BEST stand at the Farmers' Market in Yorktown.  Look at all these gorgeous vegebles.   I couldn't help myself:  I had to have one of those purple cauliflowers.  I've grown cauliflower in my garden before, but never the purple one.  Maybe I'll get seeds for it next year.  

 

And all those eggplants and zucchinis!!!  It was truly a feast for the eyes.  You know I was happy.  ;)

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

 

 

I was taking a walk around the pond one morning, and I saw this fabulous hedge of giant holly bushes.  Well, growing up the trunk of this particular holly bush is Poison ivy (my favorite subject for blogs.)  I told you I can spot it 100 yards away at 45 mph, NO, really.  I have an eye for the stuff.  

 

Look in the middle of the picture and you can see poison ivy showing its fall color.  The leaves turn yellow and red, then fall off.  The Urushiol is still there, on the vines, so be careful.  You need to know where it is, especially in your yard, so you don't touch it, even in the winter.  Urushiol is an oil on all surfaces of poison ivy:  leaves, stems, roots, and causes a dermatitis reaction in most people.  Trust me on that, I am an expert at poison ivy related dermatitis.  That's why I want you to be able to identify it, so you can avoid it.

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

 

 

While we were pruning Elaine's Fatsia, we kept seeing these little frogs.  They were all over the bushes in her garden.  Touch your index finger to your thumb:  that's how big they are.  SO stinkin' cute.  

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

I hope you remembered to fall back an hour to Eastern Standard Time.  

 

This picture has nothing to do with that, but it is a pretty picture, and I love the rainbow.

 

 

HAPPY FALL Y'ALL!!!