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I enjoyed your crochet project, Karen. You are obviously versatile with craft projects and undaunted by such large ones. I have bought the multi-coloured wools myself and have been surprised at how they turn out. I started a cardi last year and am really not that keen on the combination of thick and thin stripes. I think I shall want to see photos of how they knit up before I try again!
As for the winter months, I was born in January so split them up with 'before' and 'after'. Christmas overkill doesn't figure much anymore as we're older and I can't bare the consumerism. The highlight, as you say, is family and friends.
Your garden is full of colour and will give you much to enjoy next year. I think after the brutal summer we are being rewarded with an extension of pleasure in plants.

Lovely pics Rose, I dont think my Rudbeckia (Deemii) has done so well this year and seemed a bit slower but I think mine was in the shade a bit more than normal as my trees hadn't been pruned for a few years and it seemed to flop more than normal, :-)

Thanks Janeyx

Excellent diversion Janey!

The trailing one is usually white seen in hanging baskets but there are other colours.

Thanks Balcony.

It's our last brown bin day Tuesday so we've pruned the roses and pulled out different plants now and I've hoed the beds before the bulbs start to grow....It's a cosmos year again next year as they are so colourful and the butterflies and bees love them.

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It’s quite an incredible zoo and botanical gardens. It has the second largest collection of cycads in North America (Lotusland in Santa Barbara has the largest cycad collection in North America).

Thank you Janey for your lovely comment. I always like your Boston ivy when posted here..

He/she is here often Janey, my OH loves them.

Thank you.

Thank you Janey

I do Janey. Fall is my second favourite season here on the Island. Spring is the first.

It is very showy tree at this time and in the spring too.
Thanks for your visit Janey.

Thank you for your comment Janey. I could say the sane thing about many plants too.

I hope this one stays with you for a long time Ange. I like it very much.

These are supposed to be annuals, but every year some survive the winter, also they seed around well, various colours.

I didn’t know there was an unprickly Mahonia!

It is Salvia Clotted Cream Janey.

Don’t know Janey. I will look that up. I thought Bacopa was a white trailing annual for hanging baskets etc. No doubt there are many types.

Ty. Someone removed 2 plants from the big pot & 1 from the small pot & levelled the soil off neatly, so it wasn’t a squirrel. I had to move the plants around & find another from in the garden to fill up( the small one at the back). It will be a slightly different colour. People do the strangest things. Why not just carry the small pot off if they wanted some Violas.

Ty both. The Fuchsia is nearly finished now, but nice that some plants are continuing to bloom in November.

Yes, hardy. The usual red/purple one has lost its flowers sooner.

So pretty and a hardy one too?

So do I, that is a lovely geranium.

Very pretty..

Could it be Bacopa?

Yes you've lots still flowering Ff. The Salvia is huge with so many flowers! I do like the white flowering shrub, is it a hebe? My Hebe has started flowering again!

Fabulous autumn colours..

I think I've got the bug now and may buy another!

I was in a GC this week…my favourite one…and they had a display of those beautiful yellow begonias in hanging pots. They were flowering away like autumn hadn’t even arrived. So lovely! I think tbh they are the only begonias I like. I grew 2 hardy ones here this year but ended up removing them. I really didn’t care for them at all. Maybe I’ll grow the yellow ones next year!

That’s a lovely Viola!

They look so wonderful in bud don’t they! I might have to get a ‘Soft Caress’ for here as it isn’t prickly.

Still doing well!

Janey, you’re so right. The only good thing about February is it’s short! However, down here you would at least see some daffodils during that month, whereas in Scotland I’d be bracing myself for 3 more months of winter! So maybe February won’t be so difficult any more. Last Feb. We moved in here so it really flew by. Niamh will have a blast this Christmas. It’s going to be a good one with her Uncle Callum to play with for the first time too. I hope you have a peaceful time and that the sun shines on you Janey. X

Thanks Feverfew. The stripes are quite wonderful aren’t they? And what’s not to love about a Nandina? Even the plain green one is lovely!

Rose, I am so sorry that you struggle so much at this time of year without Rick. The garden can be a huge solace when the rain stops. Even the hard work of hacking everything back and tidying up can be very helpful I find. Same with my 4 mile daily walks. I always do my best thinking and problem solving when I’m out walking by myself.

Beautiful!

Great idea!

You still have lots of colour in your garden and despite the gloomy days must cheer you up a bit.
I love the crocheting too. It must be a relaxing hobby.
I just don't like November or December now since I have lost Rick.
I got up today with lots of enthusiam to get in the garden and continue cutting back shrubs which have gone mad this year..but it rained!! Oh well, there is always another day!

Very pretty and I like your pot and stand F.Few.

Thanks Karen!

Just having a re look at this. It is very perfect, no blemishes on either flowers or leaves, beautiful.

A lovely Dahlia, Dd.

Great, I expect you’ll gradually build up the level. I hope people do appreciate what you do. I can’t think why your local council don’t plant them, they must be very poor!

I have lost the name of this plant, it has been flowering non- stop since the summer when it was planted. A must for anyone, just need someone to identify it!

I too missed your blog Klahanie and am so pleased I found it. Little Bambi, she's a delight. They are truly beautiful creatures but I do hope they don't munch through all your Boston Ivy! I could do with them here to munch through mine! ☺️

He's so handsome and such a treat to see him, thanks for sharing them!

Wonderful!

Such a stunning colour Klahanie, after late summer, you must look forward to autumn with all your fiery Acers in colour..:)

Fantastic! If only I had the right conditions...