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 Today begins my 6th week since I broke my arm. I've been wearing a Velcro brace off and on during the day as needed and going to physical therapy twice a week. I haven't been driving (since I drive a stick), but should be able to start doing that again soon. In the meantime, friends drive me to my appointments. I've already had a harvest of purple beans so far. Today spent a little more time outside feeding garden and flowers & refilling bird feeder and suet cage. Good exercise for my arms. Today's Garden Pic: I've had a lovely show of Dwarf Marigolds this year. I planted them all over and now that's paying off. In Florida, this is their best time of year! Both adult and young bumble bee's love them. This shot captures an adult Brown Belted Bumble Bee visiting my Marigold patch out by the mailbox. (bumbles have fuzz from head to tail with mostly stripes of brown fuzz on tail.)  

Today I gave my garden plants a fall feeding with water-soluble fertilizer in a watering can. That way I get exercise walking about. (This also helps them prep for a good bloom in spring!) Picked up another 100 pine cones and cobs and pulled up any white Vinca flowers. They reseed themselves and I prefer the pinks. Today's Garden photo of the day is this shot of  Dwarf Marigolds highlighted in the last rays of the setting October sun! I took this photo last week.  So pretty! These Marigolds fill my veggie bed like a sea of bronze and will keep all the bees buzzing with joy until frost!

Conveniently, one of this weeks Mama Kat Prompts is to share photos of "What Fall is Looking Like In Your Neck of the Woods!" Plus there's another prompt to share "A Favorite Thanksgiving Tradition."   So today you're getting a 2 for 1 : fall garden photos AND a tradition story! (Since I'll be taking Thanksgiving off from blogging!) First, a brief favorite tradition story: We lived way out in heavily wooded Hoosier countryside with a creek running through our extensive bit of property and visiting that creek was a favorite past-time for my 2 younger sisters and I. There was always something to find or explore there. One year, while down at that creek, my middle sister, Janie, found this neat piece of "driftwood." It was a weathered piece of tree trunk about 28 inches long and 7 inches wide or so. It was wide in the middle and narrowed to a point-ish shape at either end. It was flat enough to rest easily on a surface as well as artfu...

It's picture day again! Things are warming up this week, though we weren't unaffected by Sandy--despite being hundreds of miles from the coast. This past Sunday we could  feel  the low pressure from it. My husband and I both felt like we were wearing an invisible "hat" of pressure around our heads all day, giving us both slight headaches.   I feel bad for New York and New Jersey. That was an especially rough storm and they're not even remotely accustomed to such things. Unfortunately, we live on a planet that has--- weather!     But onwards and upwards... For Garden pics I have a couple of nice shots to show you.    First a recent pretty one my rust colored Dwarf Marigolds surrounded by Shamrocks, which happened to decide to bloom again now. (Shamrocks are the cute pink flowers.) Most years they just bloom in spring. I don't know what got in their heads this year! I transplanted this particular smattering ...