Autumn Joy Sedum

Three of the fish made it into the house for the winter.

First snow.  2012

Pumpkin carving the easy way.  We went down to the Methodist church and got a pumpkin.  After taking the top off and cleaning it out - that was the hard part, Mike got out the power drill and made the face.

Fall color in the garden 2012.

Multi colored carrots, my whole crop.

 Visions geranium is way ahead of old fashioned geranium below.  Wonderful color.

Euphorbia  in fall color.

Snow Princess is still blooming

More fall color with Korean barberry.

Tigridia pavonia
    Bloomed for one day in my kitchen.
    Tiger flower, shell flower or Jaguar flower as the Aztecs of Mexico called them, are in a genus of bulbs that bloom for one day and are in zone 7-9.  It has three solid color petals and a cup-like center that is spotted giving it its common name of tiger flower.  The leaves are sword shaped like a gladiola and the bulb needs to be handled the same as a glad.  Dig in the fall and store in a cool but not freezing place.  They are indigenous to Mexico to Central America.  They are dormant during the winter dry season.  Aztecs ate the bulbs of the Jaguar flower.

 First snow Oct. 4, 2012 - Happy Birthday Nancy.  The fish pond isn't froze over so the fish don't mind the snow.

 A really heavy, wet snow, looks great on Clif's butterfly.
We are having sparks in the back yard and a snow storm.  Mother Nature and technology both putting on a show.  Exciting and scary.

 The tiger flower has a nice bud in the kitchen.  Sure glad it got in out of the snow.

Conlins was giving away mugs with coffee yesterday - time to try it out.