October days...

Usually, when I think of October, I think of pumpkins and fallen leaves.  Perhaps blue skies and cold, crisp nights.  Wood smoke in the air and Canadian Geese passing overhead.

Typically I like to decorate the outside of my home with simple, natural items.  Especially pumpkins, fall mums or even black and orange violas which I used last year.

This year, the gardens at Red Gate Farm still seem to think it's September.  Somewhere Mother Nature has missed looking at the calendar, the zinnias are still putting on a show.... a better show than July that is.  I find it odd that I'm out counting my impatiens that are still looking their summery best...

Instead of being out counting pumpkins by the pumphouse.  In fact this year I believe I will only need one hand to count my pumpkin harvest...  Cady, our yellow lab, won't have to wonder why I've piled a mass of pumpkins by the driveway once again....

The miniature pumpkin filled window boxes from years past.... well there isn't any pumpkins for them.

But that's ok, because the flowers are still growing in them and so there isn't actually any room for pumpkins anyway....

Our spring was late, our summer was late and now it seems that our autumn is late too.

Still waiting for the leaves to fall.... for fall,

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