Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! This frosty photo was taken after the fog lifted a while back. This year isn't a white Christmas (a trace of snow on the ground), but with a snow storm on the way, I hope to use my snow shoes soon. 

Happy Holidays!

Please, have a piece of fudge to celebrate your holiday. Happy National Cookie Day! (Oops, that was yesterday.) Happy Hanukkah! Merry Christmas! Happy Kwanzaa! Happy New Year! This is Sally's Candy Addiction Birthday Cake Fudge made with Christmas sprinkles. It looks better in her book, but it does taste delicious. 

Black Carrot Cake

I suppose this is one day too late to be spooky. (Happy belated Halloween!) This cake was made with black carrots, no dyes or enhancements of any kind. I included a pear (store-bought) in the photo for color comparison. The carrots aren't as tasty as other varieties, but they're fun as a novelty.

October Light

Perhaps because the days are shortening, October mornings are luminous.

S-noooooo-w

This is the view from my bedroom window. Snow and cold are unusually early this year. I still have garden work to do, and the leaves have yet to fall. It should warm up next week...at least I hope so. 

Freeze Warning Tonight

It will (!) freeze tonight. I've harvested everything (including these carrots) and brought in the house plants. I'm going to try to cover some flowers, but it might be too cold even for that. It's the official end of the growing season. Trying to find an emoji for "bittersweet"...

Fall is not the end of the garden

I planted these flowers from seed in spring, and they're looking good. It's true that they took all summer to grow, but I'm working on cleaning out the garden beds now, so they add lots of color! The broccolini below is also from seed planted in spring. 

The next three photos are native wildflowers: two asters and one goldenrod. All of these are important sources of food for bees and hummingbirds and butterflies. Nature has this timed pretty well. And she makes them look good, too.