Pre-Hurricane

Taking pictures before the hurricane was kind of wistful.  It will certainly not be the same tomorrow.  The hyacinth beans are trying to beat the frost.

Autumn crocuses finishing with the witch hazel leaves.

Gothic planter still looking great.

The toad lilies have gone on and on this year.

This was delivered on Friday.  I hope it's enough.  

Good luck everyone.

Sunday Hike near Warwick, NY

Autumn shadows

Autumn colors

A happy boy

A happy dog

Best trail blaze ever

Fernery?

Or is it Rockery?

Mossy rock face

Last Flower of the Fall?

The cyclamen is happy with the cool weather.  So am I.

Well That's Different...

Orostachys furusei, a new plant for me this year.

The Finale

The front yard still looks good thanks to the mums, asters, geranium and the self-seeded goldenrod.  After the solidago finishes blooming, its getting tossed on the compost.  That tiny, weedy white aster on the right?  It self-seeded too.  I might transplant it to a better spot.  I kind of like it.

Is baptisia really worth it?  It bloomed so long ago that I've kind of forgotten why I have the sprawling mass of its foliage.

Tall Stoop Planters

I cast these recently for a client who wanted some tall (23"H) planters to flank her doorway.

I didn't want them to be ridiculously heavy and unwieldy, in case she wanted to move them.

Casting them in parts solved the problem.

They were so nice that I might even make myself some.

Square Rimmed Trough

I cast this square trough in July.  It's as satisfying as I had hoped.  Now I have to decide which of my over-eager "dwarf" shrubs to put in it.  I have a chamaecyparis and a cotoneaster that are both getting too big for their own mixed troughs.  They need to be separated for their physical health and my mental health.