This is how a quilter cuts a cake.

 

I saw this on Facebook, and couldn’t help laughing.  

 

Thought you’d get a tickle out of it too.

 

 

HAPPY CRAFTING!!!

 

Here are the three Gingko trees in the Methodist Church parking lot.  And they are showing their fabulous fall colors.  

 

It’s worth the trip (from here) to Blairsville to see them.  There is another one on the right as you head into Blairsville.  It is beautiful now too.  

 

And then there are the ones on Bolling Avenue, and some big ones in front of Northside Junior High School, and don’t forget the ones in the cemetery on Granby Street.

 

I hope you have some Gingko trees closer to home, so you can see them now.  They are great!!!

 

 

HAPPY FALL!!!!

 

As you can see, the persimmon tree still has lots of persimmons hanging on.  

 

We love seeing them, because we know they will fall soon.  They fall when they are all the way ripe.

 

Consider this a warning:  the last thing you want to do is pick one from the tree.  The tannins are so strong that the skin will turn your mouth wrong side out.  Even the fantastic sweetness of the persimmon pulp can’t make up for the feeling left behind.    

 

So, be patient and wait for them to fall.  

 

I hope you have found a persimmon tree in your travels.  Best thing about trees is that they don’t move.  They will be there next year in the same spot.  

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

I couldn’t help taking this picture of the maple leaves.  This whole tree is covered in these multi-colored leaves.

 

So pretty!!!

 

HAPPY FALL!!!

 

Look, even my lemongrass is showing its fall color.

 

It won’t survive a frost, so it will probably get cut back and spend the winter in the basement.  But for now, it sure is pretty.

 

 

HAPPY FALL!!!

 

It seems like the trees are changing more and more every day now.  

 

This is the same view as a week or so ago, and look how much more color is showing.

 

 

LOVING THE FALL COLOR!!!

 

Jon always notices the weirdest bugs.  He spotted this Orbweaver spider on one of our walks.

 

Of course, we didn’t know WHAT it was, so we used the SEEK app, and learned that it is a Marbled Orbweaver.  

 

This picture is a little deceiving, because she is only about the size of a marble.  Interestingly, it is also called a pumpkin spider because the female’s inflated abdomen resembles an orange pumpkin.  Well, this one was definitely yellow, but quite pumpkin-like in shape.  Oh, SEEK shows seasonality of species, and this one peaks in September and October.  Right on schedule.

 

We love our mountain bugs.

 

HAPPY FALL!!!

 

As we were going down toward the creek, I looked up the hillside and saw this.  Actually it was about 100 feet up the hill, but I knew instantly what it was.  It is growing at the base of a living tree.  The mushroom book says that is not uncommon for Chicken of the Woods to grow at the base of living trees.

 

So, of course, I had to scramble up the hill to get a good picture for you.  When I got up there I noticed that the mushrooms were a little dry, and definitely past their “use by date.”  So it is still there.  

 

Going up wasn’t that hard, but coming back down was a little slippery.  Anyway, I survived, AND got a good picture.

 

 

HAPPY FALL!!!

 

 

 

 

 

This is Crabapple Lane, how it looked yesterday when we started out for our walk.

 

It was a balmy 60 degrees with a 15 mph wind, so we wore shorts and long sleeves.  Gorgeous day for a walk in the mountains.  

 

I hope it is beautiful where you are too.

 

 

HAPPY FALL!!!

 

My friends live near Charlotte NC, and they have this banana tree in their back yard.  Of course, it is a tropical tree and dies back in the winter, but this fall it bloomed, and if you look behind the flower you can see a bunch of little bananas.

 

They probably don’t have enough time to ripen before it dies back, but it sure is cool right now.

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!