Introducing - Autumn

This is a picture of one of the kittens my daughter kept from the litter of kittens we raised. Isn't she pretty. She has the reverse of a white blaze and feet. Instead of white, she has a black blaze on her face, black lower legs (like a Siamese) and her ear tips are black. She looks like she has mascara around her eyes. She is 12 weeks old now.

Leo's identification mark

Can you see the little nick in his left ear at the top? He got this when he was still a stray, it is his very own ID mark. Nowadays, he is content to survery his use to be world from the safety of his perch.

New Picture of Leo

Isn't he just so beautiful. This is Leo taken yesterday.

He is laying on top of his favorite place to look out the window at his world (I call it his TV). He has his own fan club that regularly come by to talk with him. All the little kids in the neighborhood know his name now and they all talk to him. If he is not in the window, they will actually call out his name.

My daughter's flower garden

This is an overview of my daughter's flower garden. There are sweetpeas in the back, cosmos, different zinnias, and so many flowers I don't remember what they are. She grew them all from seed. A true labor of love in this garden. The sunflowers are in the garden next to her, the gardens in this community garden are 8x19 in size.

Cosmos

My daughter Diane also has a community garden, this is some of her Cosmos, the little red flowers in the front left are her Gompfrenia grown from see. All her were grown from seed this year.

Mystery Plants-Any idea what it is?

You probably can't see this plant good enough to identify it for me. I "thought" it was a Blue Aster plant, but it has grown so large, at least 3 feet tall, I'm wondering if I've been lovingly cultavating a WEED all Summer long. If it is an Aster, this corner of my little garden is going to be spectular when it blooms next month. I have my beloved Shasta Daisy in front of it. This plant overshadows my huge mums that are behind it.

Purple Coneflowers

This is my oh so beautiful purple coneflower, a 3-year old plant. The rain has really washed out the beautiful color of this HUGE plant. The corn is not in my garden, but is leaning into my garden from the garden next to me. I have TONS of little plants from this plant in the garden, they will bloom next year, I'm going to have to give them away, there is no room for as many plants as are growing.

Can you say yellow Daisy. This Award Winner daisy plant has outdone itself in the garden, I could not be happier with this particular plant.

You can see the purple Celosia behind the daisys. This daisy is ONE plant.

Purple Celosia

I do not know the variety of this particular Celosia. I bought it in a small pot from my local Stop & Shop, it did not have a stick in the pot to identify the variety. I promptly put this gem in my garden and all it has done is grow and grow and grow. This flower has been the mainstay of my Summer flower garden, quite a showpiece. If anyone knows the name, please do share with me.

Garden Pictures

Since my squash plants have all died from too much rain this Summer, I thought I would share some of my garden flowers with you. My good friend from Kansas sent me some flower seeds from her garden from an heirloom Celosia plant. The seeds germinated and have grown slowly but steadly and this is where the flowers are now. The flower heads are just now starting to grow, see the red on top of the flowers, that is the flower head which will get quite large, but here are a few pictures of the Celosia. The yellow flowers behind are my planted from seed Black Eyed Susans.

Here is another view of the flowers

Seeds from a friend

My friend Linda from Kansas sent me some seeds from a plant that her father grew over 25 years ago, he has been passed on for that long and she reports that for as long as she can remember he had this flower in his garden. It is a red celosia and I was so happy when the seeds she sent me sprouted. Here they are growing in the round pot and to the right you can see 13 of the little plants in the ground. Hoping for the most spectular plants from these seeds. To have such a heirloom plant growing is such a honor.

2008 Garden Pictures

Well, for the most part my community garden for 2008 is planted, here is the proof. I planted a lot of petunias, and anything that looks like a daisy. For vegetables I planted zuchinni, summer squash, eggplant, red onions, peppers and tomatoes. I have 20 different herbs. I have a lot of perennials that came back from last year, all of which are not blooming yet. There are red gladioula and sweet peas and zinnas growing in the back which can't be seen in this photo. The green between the bricks is not weeds, but an annual portulaca that came back from seeds strewn last year by the flowers. This stuff is like an invasive weed, can't kill it, but they do have pretty blooms. The huge black eye susan in the back was planted from seed by me last year, it is just beautiful this year. I will share more photos as the plants bloom.

New kitten pictures

Here are some new pictures of our 4 1/2 week old litter of rescue kittens. They are almost impossible to get a picture of as they are constantly moving around. They are going to be going to a no-kill shelter for adoption along with their mom. We have adopted all our cats from them and the people who work there are fantastic. I feel very fortunate we have been able to get on the waiting list with the kittens.

Anyone have a torn meniscus?

Well, I do and I'm having surgery next Wednesday. The ole knee has been giving me trouble for years now, but has reared it's ugly head in a big way over the past month. My surgery is going to be arthroscopic so it isn't suppose to be a bad recovery. If you've had it, please tell me your stories.