Two Tall Plants

L. planted pampas grass and some bamboo last spring. The bamboo was obtained in a surreptitious matter from public property. It seemed to grow equally as well as the pampas grass which was actually paid for.
I think that fence is approximately six feet tall.

Police

We have no mounted officers on horses but we do have a segue rider. In this view I see four places where he is identified as "police." There is one more on the other side of his helmet....in case you were in doubt.

The last rose - and iris

These specimens are blooming in our yard today. Our temperature is more like June than October.

I wonder if we should have cut those iris back when they stopped blooming a few months ago?

Serendipity

We went to the Hutch High homecoming parade today. On the way home, we stopped at the 4th and Main stoplight. I told L. that the yellow sign was so colorful I had to take a picture of it. Just then he said, "And there is a yellow car." I didn't even see the car and clicked the shutter. What a nice color scheme. . . .

Pumpkins - already decorated

I have seen more pumpkins like these this year.

I don't remember so many of these before. A dear friend who knows about such things says this is a fungus. It can be prevented by spraying.
So are the pumpkin growers striving for this or is it that they don't want to bother spraying?

Which is worse - a fungus or chemicals to prevent it?

First sign of Fall in our yard

Our maple tree is just beginning to show some red. We have slightly cooler breezes and October 13 is about time for it!

Verenika and ham

This picture is from last Friday at Carolyn's Essenhaus in Arlington. What a piece of ham that tasted like ham used to taste! And under it, more verenika. L. had a chicken fried steak and said it was really good.
I haven't been anywhere since that day. Something happened to my back so I've had lots of bed rest and some pain pills. Feel almost human today but I plan to take it easy for a few more days.