Plates of Food, A Pineapple, and Bow Ties

Grilled Salmon with Avocado Salsa & Steamed Asparagus

Ultimate Grilled Cheese (three cheeses, tomato, bacon, red onion) at Davis Bakery in Avalon

Pastrami & Sauerkraut Sandwich at Davis Bakery in Avalon

A pineapple top I planted years ago.

Now it is growing a new pineapple!

Bow ties I made for Nancy's nephews to wear at her reception.

Autumn in Bloom!

The other day I was wondering if anything

was blooming in my yard.

So I did a walk-around and below is what I found:

On my deck, the Impatiens are still blooming!

And the Vincas below have a few blooms.

I think the butterfly is heading for the pink bloom.


In the backyard, the Red Pine Cone Ginger Lillies are all blooming!
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In the front yard, the American Beautyberry has lots of color.


And the Melampodium, too.

I've never seen this Lantana in my yard before,

but I'm glad it's there!

What's Growing in the Garden

We were away from home for almost three weeks.

When we got back , I was happy to see that my Hurricane Lily was blooming!
Karen gave me the bulb for this plant years ago and it blooms in late summer.
It grows up to 18" tall and has no leaves, as you can see.


Here's another plant (below) that did something
(at least it didn't die like some of my plants did) while we were gone.
It's a flowering bulb of some kind (I'll know when it blooms).
What it did was push its shoots through the leaves that were on top of the dirt--
just speared right through them. Wasn't going to let a leaf stop it from growing!


Yesterday the weather was so nice!
My outdoor thermometer shows it was almost 70 degrees.
Perfect for working outside in the yard.
I had some of the windows open during the day
and could feel Mother Nature's free air conditioning
coming in the windows. It was so nice!

KK's Garden

I love to look at gardens!

Either real life ones or photographs.

Here are some photos of KK's backyard gardens.

A stone doggie rests under the table.

There's a huge lemon tree just beyond the gate.

KK standing beside her backyard studio.

Thanks for letting us go on a photo tour KK!