BOO............Scary Stuff...

             Vivian's first Halloween

             How adorable....and SCARY...is that??..



                                Cheers!   :o)
                                  linda 

Wet....Cold.... & Hungry....

This young female Cardinal, caught my eye today...

She was on my kitchen window sill...

Carefully eating the seed pods on
my Rose of Sharon bush...

I had no idea that they actually
ate these seeds...

She was...Wet....Cold...Hungry...

How did you all weather the storm??

We are unscathed, here at home...    

             Hope you all had a great day...

               Hope you are not...

                 Wet...

                   Cold...or

                     Hungry...

                                Cheers!   :o)
                                 linda

Before The Storm Called Sandy...

Last Thursday, was a glorious day at the Lake...

As I mentioned in an earlier post...it was 27 degrees, sunny and hot!!!

There were a lot of leaves down, when we first arrived...

The deck needed to be swept...

Sidewalk needed to be swept...

And then.....I was free to walk around, and see if anything was still abloom...[note....I am wearing my flip-flops!]

And.......

I was pleasantly surprised by what I
found....     

Even the Cranesbill Blue Geraniums had a few blooms...

Fresh Bunch of Green Parsley...

One of my many geraniums still flowering...

The Moon could be seen during the day...

We rake the leaves onto a tarp, and then drag it down to the beach to the bonfire...

One lonely pink hollyhock...

Very surprised to see this Double Datura...

Did you know that the Lily-of-the Valley have tiny red berries in the Fall??

This is the last of the small tomatoes...after Sandy who knows what will be left???

Took the Summer screens off one side of the sunporch...decided to leave it open...as the repair work is due ANYTIME now...

Had a Fire Friday night....it was starting to get chilly...and we had had a firepit on Thursday night...

             This was how it looked when we left on Saturday....
                 Had rained overnite...
                      Not too windy...more from the north
                            Lots more leaves down...



             Hopefully the "Old Girl" will come thru "Sandy"...

                 At least the wind is coming from the north...

                      If from the South...across the water...it gets really messy..


            I hope you all keep safe and warm...

               We will all have something to write about....

                   Take care my friends...

                      Cheers!   :o)
                         linda    

A Second Chance To See....Surfin 'At Sunset

I thought this post would be appropriate for such a

           damp rainy day....

Click here...........enjoy!!!Surfin' At Sunset...http://linda-keaveney.blogspot.ca/2012/02/surfin-and-sunset.html

 This post is from last February...while in Florida...

 I love this series of photos...and wanted you all to see them...:o)

 Also........enjoy the flowers... 

These are a few of my Black-Eyed Susans from this past SUmmer..

It seems sooooo long ago now....doesn't it??

Oh well....at least the ever-changing weather keeps us guessing...

Get ready for Sandy...hope she is gentle on the "old girl' at the lake...

Enjoy your day....

Think I will do some baking...surprise,surprise!!

So far....we are having baked ham with scalloped potatoes...

Picked up some "reduced" plums...never made one, but I am going to try

a plum crisp...and........another apple pie bread....:o)  



                          Cheers!       :o)
                      linda

Freaky Friday Clouds...

We were lucky enough to spend 2 days at the cottage...

Thursday was absolutely perfect...

Slight breeze.....falling leaves...lots of chick-a-dees...ducks galore...

Temps rose into the high 20's....27 to be exact!!!!  

Lovely day...firepit after dinner...luxury!!!

Friday morning was a wee bit cooler...19degrees...breezy...but still fantastic...

Cleaned off the sunporch, in ready for the repair work ahead..

Raked some leaves....

Took pictures...

Suddenly I noticed some cloudiness....and something ominous to the West...

  

And....that was the end of the sun for Friday...around 1pm, the clouds arrived..

No rain.......until overnite....

Awoke to torrential rain....hideous drive home...

But....there were still things blooming...will share that later...

Enjoy your evening...hopefully Sandy will find another course...

          

                             Cheers!   :o)
                                  linda   

All Hail The Fall Mum...

  

        A few of my "Mum" pictures...

        Some old......

        Some new....

        Enjoy!!!!!

        Getting an early start on these above average temps...

        Off we go...to the Cottage....

        Back with more photos....

        Hope you all have a great day....

        Get out there......and enjoy this weather...


                           Cheers!  :o)
                               linda