One of the best things about living in 2 different countries and climates is the extra long spring and fall seasons that we enjoy, We begin Fall in September and October in the Canadian Maritimes and continue to enjoy Fall until at least mid-December in Sedona. In some respects you could argue, we actually enjoy Fall until Spring begins in February here in the Southwest.
However, the deciduous trees like the mulberry, cottonwood, sycamores, maples and others do lose their leaves for 3-4 months so I guess that is winter even if the daytime temps are a comfy 55 degrees. Of course, the nighttime temps are in the 20's now... In fact, the leaves have been changing here for a couple of weeks and the grasses have resumed their winter colors, but there were particularly nice on Thanksgiving Day when
Michael Chesley Johnson and I had a chance to take a walk on the Turkey Creek Trail.
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| bright sycamore leaves 8 x 8 framed $50 |
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| grasses in red rock country 8 x 8 framed $50 |
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| sycamores, red rocks, yucca oh my.. 8 x 8 framed $50 |
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| the happy hikers 8 x 8 framed $50 |
My Dad this year said he wanted to decrease the size of his vegetable garden so we decided to grow a few rows of sunflowers. Grow they did to over 8 feet tall before they began to flower! Finally they have flowered as are the poppies we grew from seed sewn in early June. The dahlias, white and purple asters and phlox are also very beautiful, but many of the other flowers seem to have past their prime as we begin to head into Fall here in the Maritimes and Downeast Maine.
