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Well, it is windy and rainy here so it does really feel like the sart of Fall.

A dolorous day here, very grey and depressing. Starting to rain, which it will do until Tuesday. I finally turned on the heat and closed the windows, to celebrate Fall. 63 high, 56 low.

Haha, I think I got this confused with the weather thread! Super hoping that the brides this weekend aren't silly enough to insist on an outdoor wedding…you'd be surprised!

I know someone getting married today. Horrible weather for outdoor wedding, I agree.

I didn't close my window, just going to put on some layers. 🥰👻🎃☕🍁

Can't wait to see your fall wedding banners, Zoia! 😍

Too hot, here - already 82 at noon and rising. My recently acquired daylilies and irises are loving it, though. My dogs knocked one over , but there were enough new roots to keep all the soil from spilling out . I'm getting a few tomatoes and okra and lots of peppers. I'll be digging up sweet potatoes in another month.

Already 85 here, Diana.

Love the monarch 🦋 photo, Char! 🥰

Yucjy cool rainy windy day. So now closed many windows with the srorm and screens. But of course not all.

Anyway looking at Amazon for winter sheets for my full bed. Looked at so many that I am totally confused and can't decide. Just left it .

Rita, I do that alot on Amazon.

Just an odd follow up to the grocery store robot. Today I saw he was more famous than I anticipated, you can even get merchandise featuring him.


In other news, it may be fall but my yard thinks it is Spring again.
Forsythia:


Rhododendrons:



Weigela:


Magnolia:



Feel like I should be sitting on the flower beds to stop any daffs and hyacinths from popping up.

Bet that was a surprise to see all those flowers, Orion. I am surprised. 😳
I think I will pass on the robot merchandise.

Yes, Linda
I am more and more surprised by what a garden can do when the weather gets weird.

Technically, it is Spring though in the southern hemisphere from today. My yard must be geographically confused.

I understand, been a strange year here as well.

Well, these aren't banners yet but I got some nice photos in the dinner tent where we played and got piped into the open tent where the wedding was.

Nice pictures, Zoia!

Beautiful Zoia

Rita if you have a Costco membership they have awesome sheets
Took these yesterday

🥰. Ginny.

A package came this week that held a bunch of bubble wrap in large sheets. Researched to see if it was advisable to repurpose it in the garden rather than send it to the landfill. The gardening hack that surprised me most was to lay bubble wrap down around those garden beds bothered by deer. When they step on it and pop the bubbles, it scares them away. Wonder if it would work with groundhogs?

I cannot contemplate an outdoor wedding without recalling the incident at Lake Rathbun. Someone had fished a carp out of the lake, and abandoned it on the bank. The vultures started circling the fish, and then became attracted to the wedding altar, coming in lower and lower, until they were practically landing on the bride and groom. Not my idea of a good omen, but heck! Those two kids are still married and doing well. Blue Harbor Resort gave us messy seagulls coming in uncomfortably close to the festivities. The father of the bride was primed and ready to defend the very expensive dress his daughter was wearing. I'm happy that my own kids chose to get married inside of churches instead!

Lovely, Ginny!

Most brides want an outdoor wedding, even in horrible weather, at least in my long wedding experience.