Big Yellow Mum

I like to add a new blown glass pumpkin to my collection each year, this time it's this crackle glass blue and brown one I had been eying for the last few years at Pier 1 Imports.  

I just put a few of my velvet, glass and crocheted pumpkins on the table and put orange candles in my barley twist candlesticks.  I so enjoy seasonal things on our table.  Now I just need a bouquet of sunflowers!

I have not found ALL of them.. lol

Kristi brought home this neat pumpkin with a battery operated candle in it and I turn it on every evening to brighten the increasingly early dark evenings.

Dayle surprised me with this big yellow chrysanthemum last week, now all I need is a few pumpkins by it.

We'll plant this in the ground when it's spent.

My lace leaf Japanese maple is sending out several bright red new shoots.  I'm happy to see it growing taller, it's dwarfed by my daffodils in the Spring and I feel sorry for the tree, it must be embarrassed.  :-)

My big hydrangea brings visual joy for so many months.  Even dried up it turns grape purple.

I thought these 3 blooms looked like a heart.  

Well.. time to pack the swim bag and head to the pool.  Happily it's a sunny day and I think Gracie will be there today so we can chat and swim which is fun.  Have a super "hump day"!  ((hugs)), Teresa :-)