Neon’s A Doll A Migraine-less Day, More Or Less - 2019 edition!

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Oh gods, she's just so pretty and you bring out the best in her

Thank you!!!

I like the first of the "filter flood photos" very much. It captures the "meh" light of a typical autumn day (at least anywhere that I've ever lived, including Hawaii), highlighted with a "pop" of color: the warm colors of autumn, and the lingering bright colors of the summer flowers.

The birds here have been leaving for a while. The summer swarm of hummingbirds (colibri) is now down to two or three hardy holdouts, the mountain bluebirds are passing through on their way down from the mountains to warmer southern valleys, and noisy flocks of pinyon jays set up camp for a day or two before continuing their trek.

Thanks!

Last year, I've seen my first autumn flock on September 1, which was more or less the usual time for them. They're a bit late this year. We had very warm first half of September, so I guess that's why.

My hummers are gone...  We start hearing little birds passing overhead at night in August...  I hatehatehate the end of summer... so much long cold time ahead...
But your photo is very pretty.  Do you dry & use any of the lavender?

Aww, I hope you'll be able to enjoy a few more warm days before winter barges in...
Thank you!
Yes, I dry it and hang sheaves near my bed and in my wardrobe, to enjoy the scent. I used to have more, I had four plants, but now I'm down to one, I don't know why, but lavender started dying here. Newly bought plants too. I don't get it, I'm not doing anything differently, they just keep dying. I need to move so that I can have more lavender again. My mom makes THE BEST peach-lavender jam EVER, so I'd like to have more lavender to harvest, plus it's my favorite flower.

We have lavender. I love that it smells nice and attracts bees.

I love bees' plants! And lavender is my favorite flower!


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