Around Colehaus, the warm season is waning and the last of the flowers are putting on their finest show. Hard to believe in just 2 months, all this will be past and we’ll be dreaming of the flowers of 2021!
Tomatoes were a bust this year. We had 4 large Celebrity tomatoes make it and a couple handfuls of tiny cherry tomatoes but the plants themselves looked awful all summer. If we can afford it next May, we’ll do a complete swap out of the garden soil we use in the tomato pots and will hope for a bigger haul in 2021.
Mom’s Cyclamen, a gift from Dad back in Spring 2018, grew more full and beautiful over the summer. She’ll make sure it has extra mulch around its feet for the coming winter and will hope it’ll make it to next year.
Still no luck getting close to neighborhood cat, Rusty, but Mom captured him napping on the front porch chair yesterday. Sometimes, she sees him walking down the street when she goes off to work at 4 in the morning.
A couple of weeks ago, he was hanging out in the backyard, watching birds and grooming himself. Mom could help you with that, Rusty, if you’d let her get close enough. We bet you’d come to love a good brushing now and then.
Earlier still, two raccoon babies were scarfing up leftover bird seed from under the feeder. There wasn’t much for them but we’re certain they are finding things to eat. We consider our choice to stop purposely feeding the raccoons and their babies, and to stop interacting with them 2 years ago, a success. The babies don’t come at the sound of our voices; in fact, they run away or climb a tree. Grandma RoseEars still tolerates us but she’s aging and hasn’t taught babies to trust humans. We’ll always fondly remember the years we spent getting close to our visiting raccoons and wish well all the generations to come.
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A Colehaus Cats flashback:
2019 – No post
2018 – Wordless Wednesday
2017 – No post
2016 – Mama Monday
2015 – No post
2014 – Dear Niblets – One Year Old!
2013 – No post
2012 – Sweet Olivia
Lovely garden photos. It’s sad that soon winter will be on the way.
We know that your decision to leave the raccoons alone has been difficult.
Here’s hoping that Rusty begins to trust.
All of our blossoms are gone, and now the leaves are turning yellow and dropping. *sigh*
We love the red flowers!! Those raccoons could compete for synchronized eating!
The Florida Furkids
Your flowers do look great and we always enjoy fresh maters. Rusty looks like a pretty sweet guy!
The flowers are lovely. The frost got my Jasmine last winter and I thought I had lost it even though I had double fleeced it. It valiantly grew back some shoots and even managed a few flowers. This winter the pot will be wrapped as well as the shrub, so hopefully it will fare better.
Nice blooms. I hope Rusty gets braver soon.
We love the flowers and all the pretty colors.
Your flowers are so beautiful! Rusty is a handsome dude, but we wish he would learn that your mom is a nice lady. As for the raccoon babies … very cute, but we’re glad Rose Ears did not teach them to trust humans. It’s so much safer that way. XO
Your garden is beautiful, and those red flowers are amazing ! Rusty is handsome ! Purrs