Well it is still hot! And there are still plenty of green leaves still on the trees, but we can expect cooler weather soon and it is time to get all those garden chores finished - all potted plants into the ground or ready to bring back into the house, tools cleaned and oiled, and gardens being readied for winter. In the meantime, there is still a wide rainbow of colors.

Black and Blue Sage

The last of the season's butterflies

---

"A spell lies on the Garden - Summer sits with her finger on her lips as if she heard the steps of Autumn echo on the hill. "
Unknown

Crinums reflecting themselves in a raindrop

---

I think that I shall never see
A billboard lovely as a tree.
Perhaps, unless the billboards fall,
I'll never see a tree at all.

Ogden Nash, "Song of the Open Road," (1933)

The crisp white light of October shows off a hibiscus

Bee reflected in tiny raindrops

One of the last roses of summer

Wonderfully camouflaged caterpillar on a yellow bloom

This is a Halysidota Tessellaris aka Banded Tussock Moth but looks like it should be called a Chin-chilla-piller

For more information, contact: rose@DunwoodyGardenClub.com