The colors are really popping around here. It's all so pretty and awe inspiring. Sometimes it's hard to get anything done. I just want to stand here and stare. The Japanese Maple turns the most gorgeous color of red in the fall. It catches my eye and takes my breath away each time I pass by the window. This picture was taken last week, before a storm stripped most of the leaves away. Bah.
Also, I have to show you what the Harlequin Glory Bower is up to just now. You know, the "peanut butter" tree I am so fond of? Well. In the fall, the leaves don't do much of a color change, but the flowers. Oh my.
They are show stoppers. Just spectacular little gems.
Can you believe this color? The berries form after the white flowers fall away. They look like small cerulean-blue pearls. It's an amazing transformation.
Even the garden spiders want to get in on the act. It's all so pretty.
Sigh.
OK, time to pull myself away from the window and the great outdoors and get back to the project at hand...because we now have two new girls fresh outta the embroidery hoop:
It seems the girls are out numbering the boys. But not for long!
The flowers are so pretty and vibrant. I am with you on staring at nature and not wanting to do anything else;)
Oh the scotties are so sweet and they each have names? How cool!
Posted by: Sara | November 12, 2013 at 01:34 PM
Gorgeous light and color in that first photo. The colors are fading rapidly around here.
Posted by: Lorrie | November 13, 2013 at 02:02 PM
What amazing colors those flowers are. A very unusual combination. I like things growing in the garden that lend interest year round, and your Glory Bower certainly does that.
Autumn is seeming to pass so quickly this year. I wish it would linger just a bit longer. With Thanksgiving falling so close to December though, I know I'm going to feel like the Christmas season is a little bit sooner than I'd like, no matter what. Today I've been embroidering your Turkey Wearing an Apron pattern, onto a dishtowel. I'm enjoying it, very much, as it is going quickly and pretty easily, although I haven't done line embroidery for quite awhile. I do love these old patterns.
xo
Lena
Posted by: Account Deleted | November 13, 2013 at 04:33 PM
Wow I have never seen anything like that tree before , it really is spectacular and I could look at those berries all day. I wonder if they are that colour as a kind of natural poison warning ? and how big are they ? I would love one of those in my garden but it is probably too cold and damp here in north west England.
The scottie quilt is lovely and you have somehow managed to give them a slightly different character !
Posted by: grey rabbit | November 14, 2013 at 02:32 AM
My goodness! That is the most amazing berry. It is gorgeous. Glad that you are enjoying a beautiful autumn. The foliage you've shown is so lovely and has so many hues,
Posted by: Vee | November 14, 2013 at 06:58 PM