The tail end of summer!

 Well, back to 'normal' for us. I have been so busy, highly unusual! I am happy to have a quiet day. My arms are sore, now, with all the staining. Repetitive strain stain injury, since the paint roller on the heavy extension arm gave me some aches. Not until the day after, though!

Nature really slow down in September. The grass is dry and not growing. The plants are done. I leave the plants to fall over, as I know the critters use it as winter habitat and protection. 

I meant to show my new swimsuit! A two-piece, but I have enjoyed a couple of swims after all this heat in the beginning of the month. I'll have to wash it and put it away for winter. 

I thought this a sort of artsy photo of Aster fetching something from their  EV Leaf last week. 

I was quite happy to see three raccoons, as I figure a couple are grown kits. I hadn't seen any this year. 

Soon we'll see the last of the tree frogs! Can you see it?

The phlox is doing really well. In past years I think it needed water, sitting under the smaller catalpa tree. I did water it prior to the drought. It smells so pretty! Soon the moths and other insects will go to bed, in the meantime they are enjoying the flowers.

And I always like to get an image of the last hummingbirds. This may well be it! The flowers have lost their petals, and are settling in for fall and winter.

Last view: hummingbird Aug. 24

 

 The hibiscus is the last to flower. 

 

Another last photo: of Rick. I was at a meeting the morning he left. Joe escorted him down the driveway to the highway.

We wished him well on his journey.

   

  Here is his adventure with us in Lanark County! 

We anticipate heavy rain storms for a few days. He wrote that he was taking a rest day. Good idea!