I just finished my 2014 Halloween table.  I posted it on one of my other blogs. You can see more of it clicking here.

I am deriving much pleasure from the dying perennial gardens this year. I usually have most of it cut down by now, but this year I have d...

On Sunday I picked a few herbs from the pot on my deck. They are still beautiful, but I know it's just a matter of a few days, maybe ...

Yesterday we took a drive to the west side of upper lower Michigan in search of more gorgeous autumn color.  I have read about the "tun...

We had the pleasure of viewing this gorgeous autumn color last weekend: It was a perfect 75 degree fall day in Paradise, Mi...

We had temps in the mid-70's today, so we took a walk on one of our local trails to see if there was any autumn leaf color.   We saw...

September 13 and FROST!  Unbelievable, even for northern lower Michigan. I stayed inside all day.  I spent about 4 hours making chicken po...

I had planned to do a lot of fall decorating inside this past weekend.  As it turned out, the weather was great for working in the garden, s...

A drinking fountain! Corina guessed it correctly in the post below. :)    

Look way down the center path to the end.  Do you see the tall planter in the center of the Sedum Autumn Joy? From another side: ...

Loved this salad I made last night with fresh tomatoes, cukes and mozerella cheese. I have a lot of gold/orange in the garden this week....

They may not bloom because they love heat and there has not been any heat this year.  Even if they don't bloom, I am happy with this ...

  I took these pics less than an hour ago.  This is the front of my home  looking from the perennial gardens to the new picket fence gar...