Just as we have falling leaves amidst the flowers, the flowers still thrive among a shower of fallen leaves. The flowers never quite leave us here in Norcal. It gets colder, and some die back, but the rain brings new growth. And even in winter, the sunny days confuse encourage the flowers and they spring forth. The roses keep up a good fight and herbs thrive with the rains.
We will have a frost this winter, as we always do. The Bougainvillea will die back to almost nothing, the roses will succumb and the herbs will wither. But the Narcissus will leap up and spring will come again. The leaves will turn green….and new colors from the flowers won’t be far behind…
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Absolutley stunning photos, i particularly love the spider web 🙂
Thanks! We liked it too…took a while to get it ..
love the spider web photos! I can still see roses blooming on my walk to train station during these cold mornings and it brightens my day 😉
Ours too…
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Beautiful photos! I love them all 🙂
Thanks- and thanks for the visit!
Nice to know flowers are blooming somewhere. With temps in the low 20s (F!), Minnesota has killed off any outdoor flower gardens. Thanks for sharing yours:-)
Well…we hope you have some snow to make things pretty for x-mas. We have to drive to get snow (the kids want the snow here)…
What lovely images! I love your world; it is blooming with nature’s gifts!
I too esp love the web picture. Those webs are amazingly intricate marvels; i am awed by their (spiders) abilities…as I am of bird nests!
I love the photos with the spider webs! They are perfect examples of what a transitional garden looks like right now. I think the thing that’s most difficult in my garden is that everything looks a little “time worn” and yet not gone enough to cut back! I took photos this past weekend at the huge rose garden that is part of the USC/Museum complex in Los Angeles. I think most people outside of California would be thunderstruck to see so many flourishing roses. You’ve reminded me that if I’m going to post those photos I need to get to it! It might not be quite as authentic or honest a representation before too long…but right now, they’re still spectacular! 🙂
We would love to see those pics…the rains just arrived up here and our roses (which had a great year) will be out of commission.
Funny, the rain brings a mix for new growth, but also shows how “worn” other plants are…transitional season.
Maybe you will get snow in the Sierras. I just read an article on the rain the is expected in Norcal. Thanks for the pictures….it makes me miss my home state. So lovely, and I always appreciate the earthy smell of things growing even in winter.
Thanks! And we certainly got the rain (still coming down)…Can’t wait for snow in the Sierras…
The last photo is excellent. You can see the fine details of it.
Thanks!
I see that your spiders are as industrious if more artistic as their cousins here in the NW. Lovely pics as usual 🙂
Thanks- they do seem to be busy (we walk into webs all the time in the garden).
My goodness there is still so much in flower! I’m telling myself I’m not jealous, I’m not, I’m not….. yeah right I’m not convincing myself let alone anyone else !! A great set of photos
Thanks! The rains knocked a lot of the petals off- so we captured them just in time…a few are left…
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