My December garden today...

Nothing but rain here

and I am loving it!

Nothing to shovel

No snow boots to wear

No slipping on the ice

Rose hips for a lovely pop of color.

 

 

I can't believe we still have leaves on the rosebushes, especially green ones!

The glory of Autumn.

I wanted to share a few photos of how the garden colored up this fall.

 The crab apples were loaded this year and it has made the birds very

happy so far this fall. Almost everyday they are filled with birds

getting the energy they need to get through this cold weather.

In total we have nine crab apple trees in the garden

along with eight chokecherry and  three elderberry.

Lots of food for the little feathered friends that visit here.

Hopefully

this guy will leave them alone. 

 and this one. 

 I don't think I will be using this any more this year. Time to put the pins away.

About fifteen miles from our house is forty acres where our horses pasture in the 

spring, summer and fall.

I was a little late getting here to take photos of the aspen trees as they colored for Autumn, 

but they still look pretty enough for me.

 This is my tiny little shack in the woods. My daughter and I painted it red this summer

and now it will show up beautifully in the snow.

I love this place!

Next year I am hoping to redecorate the little shack. 

I will share photos when I do.

Views of the garden in August

Wanted to post some of the photos I have been taking in the garden this August.

I'm not going to do much talking in this post

but I did want to share some of the millions of shots I have of recent blooms

I love it when the garden phlox blooms

Isn't it hard to believe that Summer is almost gone?

For those of us who live in the mountains, it's hard to let it go,
but I sure understand why many of you are happy to see the cooler
weather return.

Thank you stopping by today!