Shine on Harvest Moon

 Well, it is officially Autumn...we celebrated the beginning of the Equinox with a huge Harvest Moon!http://articles.cnn.com/2010-09-22/living/harvest.moon_1_autumn-full-moon-optical-illusion?_s=PM:LIVING..
    his weekend,  Jess and were out scootering ( he rides his dirt bike- I scooter!) and noticed the big 50% off sale at the local Nursery. He said, "Darlin, this could be your lucky day'!.. "or it could be THEIR lucky day"! i replied... it turns out, it was a win-win for both retail and customer,, me-)  So, we loaded up with tools, fertilizer, aphid spray, soil pep, a new crimson maple, 3 peach trees, , two firey red vine creepers, and a good sized European Mountain Ash..oh and two pony packs of fall pansies and a darling orange watering can!!

                                            

 The trees look really good, Angie, the owner's wife, had some great ideas...She is also my massage therapist at Rejuvinate Day Spa, so everything is local here.. anyway, she cut the tops off the pumpkins and stuffed them with mixed colored pansies...it was so bright and vibrant..she said it was ok to send on her ideas if i would tell my friends they are having a BIG 50% sale for two more weeks at the nursery..so, get on a great deal folks,,,ground cover, perennials, tools, plant food, and one of my favs, BARK...all kinds of lovely, smelly, delicious bark. I usually hoard it during the summer by buying bags at the grocery store, so it doesn't show on my gardening splurges!  The nursery also guarantees anything you purchase up to one full season, soooo it is not too risky to buy now...

There is also a sale at the DAY SPA for Deer Hunt Widow Weekend..which i plan to hit..

The colors are so perfect right now...with a storm brewing, it looks like this may be the last week to enjoy..Before i chat about what is up next in the welcoming of Autumn, i need to make another Confession..... The peach trees we are planting, are going to be placed along a long fence that borders our neighbor's yard that we crashed this summer....We want to enjoy the trees, but feel just fine, that his family is going to enjoy them too....you see, when school started, we didn't mow our lawn in a timely manner...Jess crashed in the SKATEBOARD PARK, learning new tricks from his students and we think he broke some ribs. We do know he tore something in his shoulder, so the lawn had to wait....LO and behold, our neighbor who never did yard work, mowed and shaped up OUR yard for us!!! how cool was that? what a nice surprise...He has a mower, and weed wacker, and mows along with all the guys on Saturday.. It is pretty cool to see..nice to have happy neighbors...THEN the next week, my dogs got out!! my dogs? so well behaved?? huh?! ha! they called me at school, that the dogs were running everywhere, trying to herd the kids walking to school, barking and yipping and going bonkers...unlike Corgis,...... they corraled the dogs and put them back in the yard for us...they could have just let them run, and write a blog about their obnoxious dog owner neighbors, but no...they took care of us..so sweet-)

So, if you know me as a Catholic, i would make a good Act Of Contrition and promise to go and do good....!! and we did!! with Peach Trees for all of us!!

 On to the saga of Good Halloween Decorations as you celebrate the Autumn's coming..i have a lot to say about that, so i think i will close with this one and a closing thought....don't put up ghoulish things too early!! start slowly, start with the colors, preparing for the cold, dark weather....clean your house, and get belongings in order...( if you put in for a tax extension...they are due!) special ed money is due... flu shots, sweaters to the dry cleaners, and putting up salsa, jam, and peaches for neighbors.( not that i do do that canning thing, but everyone i know does).and i now have to move my very, prego orb spider. My friend, Sam, assures me she looks very pg and is soon to deliver a 'bajillion' baby orbs on my gardening work table.....tomorrow, Jess moves Ms, Orbie to the field to deliver in private!! I wanted to keep her as she looks so much like Halloween, au natural, but not to be...off to the field with her....not to die, she is friendly and helpful, just not on my work table..shhh, she is asleep right now, and i dont want her to know, that tomorrow is moving day.