POSTCARDS FROM SEA WITCH

It seems to be a tradition unfolding as the Sea Witch Festival and my birthday are being planned every year now. This was the third year the clan and I went, and I'm fine with that as I love Hallowe'en. We already booked for next year. Besides, who gets a whole parade for their birthday??? The parade was another fun one, a three-hour parade, and then some libations in pubs afterwards. Many good costumes by parade revealers and in the parade, great bands, and boys everywhere. We stay at friends Garrett and Franks B&B, The Rehoboth Guest House, to give them the business. I highly recommend their place for an extended stay. Do they ever put out a nice morning breakfast!!! And all-day coffee room, with coffee and teas, and everything one needs for entertaining at your fingertips, great and warm staff, and you meet the other guest. We have met the nicest people there and everyone mingles. The lesbians we met there this summer and hung out with, booked to coincide with us, and returned just to see us and joined in on my birthday drunken mess. And as you'll see Garrett loves Halloween too! Some of the snaps...

Loved these floating candles in the hallway Garrett did!

The view at night out my balcony window.

My Sea Witch/hag get up for the parade. One of three looks this year.

And this was a houseguest named Reed. Yeah. If camp counselors all looked like this, I might have went! He did however enjoy my balcony with the colored lights. And he even had a jock strap on under those shorts....ahem....Let me see if I can continue...

We caught Roxy Overbrook's cabaret at the Blue Moon. And scene in town at the parade...

When at the Purple Parrot it's a thing to post a dollar bill in the joint somewhere with a note on it. There must be thousands on the walls, ceilings, you name it. This one was right in front of me!!

But in my case after the weekend, I'm still alive, wink wink....

AUTUMN IN THE GARDEN

It's been a glorious weekend, if not a bit cool with some light gales. The first of what is bound to many garden clean ups for fallen leaves, dead blooms and a start of putting the beds to rest. But worry not, parts of the garden are still going quite strong...and of course the autumn has brought about new stars of the show like the dahlias and zinnias, and the Mexican sunflowers are way above the fence. Who knew they would get that huge from just seeds in May?!?  They are still attracting bees galore, but I do believe the butterflies may have migrated already. I saw more butterflies than I had seen in a couple years. I guess the wildflower garden really does attract more pollinators. But the cooler nights has already claimed some of the potted plants.

I really need to add in more ox blood dahlia next year.

What's left in the wildflower garden

A huge mushroom in the garden! It was huge!

A new usual suspect to the garden of late. I have seen her/him many times the last couple weeks...even napping for some time before moving on. Sophie has yet to see the visitor. I hate to see the kitty spooked, especially while enjoying a nice pew or nap. I'm pretty sure it's a neighborhood cat that has a home.

The Cassia Didymobotrya rivaled the Mexican sunflower for height. The two together look spectacular and it smells so good. I might rethink for next year thought it's placement. Both are still going strong.

The Datura Ballerina are always still blooming like crazy. And do they ever small heavenly.

I do believe the Clematis is going for yet another showing.

The salvia beds are still going strong and are even more brilliant, I think. This is generally where I catch the hummingbirds.

 

I also got in my first batch of Chicken corn soup made this weekend

So there was that too...and it was delish!!!!!!

NOVEMBER FROST

It was the perfect day. Today I awoke to a beautiful foggy, frost laden morning. I love a foggy morning, but when they occur in the autumn, they are especially pretty and peaceful.

And looks like my last rose and cassia have been numbered.