last summer walk through the garden with the wee one

I LOVE THESE ASTERS

  DUG FROM A ROADSIDE YEARS AGO

 BROUGHT TO THIS HOUSE

ALMOST 16 YEARS AGO

...THEY HAVE GOTTEN EVEN

 BY JUMPING ALL OVER THE GARDEN

SPREADING THEIR JOYOUS COLOR OF PURPLE

WITH SUNNY YELLOW CENTERS

...anything but the Brier patch

I whisper as I pass by

Ah,Stafford, you newbie to the garden this year

you have done a splendid job of watching over all

your wise look ....of course you're riding on an owl

your face cheers me with its whimsical gaze

Now you must direct the symphony of the leaves

use your fishing pole, my lord

Finn

He has inherited the gene!

a future gardener...a tree hugger

a bug hunter

a rock collector

How can I ever thank Him

for such a gift

to such a wench as I?

I hate to brag...but this autumn joy clematis

is mine

woo me some more

Dear Darby Autumn

Have you ever stepped in chocolate mint?

Finn did...and said m-m-m-m

:)

Oh...and the Finn is a bird watcher, too

pointing to the bushes or trees when he heard them sing or chirp

POOR BOO

HE HAD TO DO HIS BIRDWATCHING FROM INSIDE

the season ages

he claps my hand while walking

autumn holding spring