have a great trip Jim!

Bon Voyage, Jim!

Through the wet window....the Sweet Autumn clematis almost completely covers the stone wall this year.

Red Heart ROS in the rain. And the new hippeastrum (amaryllis) garden.

Sheesh! I wish you would share a bit of that rain! My usable rain water is gone, and I won't likely see any more 'till Oct., if then. We did get an unheard of 15 minute thunderstorm on Labor Day (4:15 am), but all it did was wash some of the muck off the roof, so my 'chids are going to have to live on Britta or city water till then. You can keep the flooding though.

Pretty, Kathy! Mine are blooming too. Love the scent.
Finally, yesterday we had 2 blessed inches of rain! YAY! Yippee...

Sweet Autumn clem in bloom not through the window!


More flooding here this week o rain. Here's the creek in my woods.


Etc.

Oh my, that looks like a raging river!!

Kathy, your garden is beautiful even in September!!

Beautiful pics! Sorry about the flooding. Looks like the East coast is in for a bad hurricane season this year.

It's finally sunny today like it never happened except the lawn says squish squish. Thanks Ursula!

Just gorgeous, Kathy!! Love the autumn crocus/colchicums!! Superb photography, too!

Took these today.. Lespedeza with Sedum Neon.

Makes me think of the Parc Jeanne D'Arc in Quebec City. Many groupings of different plants of the same color. so pretty. I love late summer/fall flowers. If only my tall asters didn't get mildew!

I first saw the Lespedeza in a wonderful garden in Beverly, Mass many years ago. They have a grand Rare plant sale every May. The estate is amazing. It is a property of the Trustees of Reservations.

We did a big cutdown of the front gardens yesterday and I am amazed that I have no aches today! What's wrong?
Next on to the climbing roses and back.

I'm still befuddled and confused but we must be home as I see no pristine islands floating by the window and no one prepared my thinly sliced salmon for breakfast. Also note that I have updated my profile picture to accurately reflect the current status of my being. Long live the midnight chocolate extravaganza. More later as I am up to my eyeballs in laundry and can't find the cabin boy.

Jim

Oh that sounds yummy! Welcome back Jim.
I am looking forwards to your report!

Welcome home. Can you send the cabin boy here???

Welcome, Jim! You've been missed.

forget the cabin boy....where's the server? I want a piece of that yummy looking item in your picture!