It's way too quiet here. I miss all the chatting. I want to hear about all of your successes and failures this year and I want to see photos.
This was not the best of all possible years for me as far as photos are concerned. My house acquired a new roof and a new coat of paint, so most of the plants were bent backward and lying horizontally on the ground just when they should have been showing off instead.
I do have lots of closeups of clematis blooms, however, so I'll post some of them here just to get the conversation rolling.
This is Bourbon:
