Tuesday, 15 September 2026

MiniFred, gardening

 Fred was still up and about! Sept. 12th. He poked his head out of the front yard burrow Sept. 14th. No sign of Auntie Fred. This is Sept. 13th.

Spring vs. Fall! Yep, chonky.


They've been kinda slow these days. They sleep in until the day warms, stay up later than before.  
This is burrow # 6A in the corner. 

In the background, behind the bumble bee, you can see Auntie Fred in the back ground. OK, maybe not. But she was there the 12th.

We went shopping. Caitlin said she was off to check out garden nursery sales. What a good idea. We took off to Gemmell's, as they are good with many products on offer. Everything was 20% off.


Happily I had a personal assistant! I texted the photo to Caitlin. JB is wearing his Lake Ontario t-shirt from Lakeshore Outfitters


One Hibiscus, 4 Phlox, a Turtlehead plant, and Storm Cloud Amsonia tabernaemontana.




We have a Monarch with a badly formed under wing. I put it on some flowers, and it seems to be trying to figure out how to fly. I moved it to a weed with flowers and it seemed to eat. It flew itself onto the petunia hanging basket. 


  


My SIL, Jean-Luc, and his buddies went from Cairo, Egypt, to Istanbul, Türkiye.


The Blue Mosque.  



8 comments:

eileeninmd said...

Pretty flowers and butterfly images.
Take care, enjoy your day and the rest of the week!

Jeanie said...

You have a handsome assistant with fine sense in apparel! Love little Fred!

RedPat said...

Fred looks healthy and ready to sleep the winter away.

DeniseinVA said...

I always have fun at the garden center, seeing them virtually too. I admire JB's good taste in his attire today :) Fun to see the mini Freds and the look around your garden. Thank you for sharing your SIL's photos, an amazing trip they are having.

tz_garden said...

Fred has bulked up for winter, well done! I love your new flowers, you are so right -it's a great time to find deals.

Anvilcloud said...

Did you see that 4 Americans thought it would be a good idea to wear Lake America tee shirts to a conference in Nova Scotia? I don't think it went over well. The ignorant American of popular lore is not extinct.

Christine said...

Nice fall post and photos

Jenn Jilks said...

I hadn't seen that! From one of our trading partners! Michigan. Shame.A bank CEO...