Fall is here...even though it is one of my favourite seasons......I do get sad that all our beautiful flowers have gone and the green leaves of the trees and bushes have changed colour or fallen off.. The garden is starting to look like a different place.......even though the colours change it is only for a short time and then everything is just plain bare........
All the time we spent planting, watering and just plain looking after them daily. The garden is like a never ending job.....and then it's gone. Already I'm planning what I could plant or change around the yard in the spring.
We have lots of squirrels but lately I noticed that the population was down.....a lil' neighbour down the street told me that there is a big Hawk hanging around....and yes I've seen it. So that explains why there are less squirrels.
Can't plant too many herbs as our resident Chipmunks snack on them. They are so pesky and annoying but extremely cute and bold I must say ....I know sooner plant my Flat Leaf parsley and they shave it off....so this year I only stuck to planting the Curly parsley. For some reason they don't care for it or thyme, rosemary, and basil.....so those go untouched.
Yes how could I forget the Raccoon......considering my city of Toronto is known around the world as "Raccoon City'......they are everywhere. Ever since our yard had a lot of shrubbery removed and inter-locking was put in I noticed they haven't been frequenting our yard as much...only to pick up the Crab-apples that fall off the tree. Sometimes we are awoken in the middle of the night by the Raccoon walking around our roof or peeking into the house through the skylights on the roof.......we hear lots of footsteps as I think the Mother Raccoon is teaching her lil' ones how to hunt and annoy the people for food. I'm bad because I sometimes put food out and if my neighbour knew she would scold me...hey they have to live too.
Even though we put food out for the birdies in the winter the Squirrels and Raccoons are usually the ones who eat more of the food.
This is my very old Antique statue......Dusty Millers, Begonias and Lavender.
This is a very old antique statue from England .......it was given to me by my Sister in-Laws parents who were moving to another city and didn't want to take it .....they tried to match it and purchased another one you see in the background, but it is newer one and not antique. The Antique one has some Gargoyles on the pedestal and the newer one doesn't.....you can't see them in the photo because of the Lavender Flowers. Sometimes I wonder where did the Antiques statue stand before and what did it see :-). through time.
Newer Statue and my favourite place to sit and think
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Bird bath......sorry birdies no water for the winter .
Lillies of the Valley buried someplace under there.
Rosemary and Thyme.
Curly Parsley.......this parsley is left behind because the Chipmunk only eats my Italian Flat Leave Parsley.
Dusty Miller and Lavender Flowers.
Succulence plants.
Geraniums.
Brides Wreath bush...gorgeous white flowers bloom in the Spring.
Crab-Apple branch coming out on the side of the Crab-Apple tree.
Lonely Maple Leaf.
Chives.
Begonia.....lots of fallen leaves inside the pot.
Lillies......my back of the yard is filled with them.
WELCOME sign....in the back fence, I guess for the lil' animal critters.
Primrose bush with seeds from the Ukraine and Turkey, gorgeous hot pink, yellow and white flowers.
Fallen plaques.
Mint...comes out in full bloom every spring.
Crab-apple trees.....not sure who made the nests, birds or squirrels.
Mountain Ash plants peeking in......from neighbor. We use to have large amounts but interlocking was put in so it's creeping back.
Lilly plant creeping back in....
Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed my tour of one section of my backyard.
