#TextureTuesday

Russian Sage and golden grasses

#ContainerPlants

#SilentSunday

Gold Drift Norway Spruce

#spruce #tree #arboretum

"Joy is sometimes a blessing, but it is often a conquest. Our magic moment help us to change and sends us off in search of our dreams. Yes, we are going to suffer, we will have difficult times, and we will experience many disappointments — but all of this is transitory it leaves no permanent mark. And one day we will look back with pride and faith at the journey we have taken." ~ Paulo Coelho

#quote #joy #disappointment

#BloomScrolling #flowers

Still some butterflies around gathering energy for the migration to warmer climes

#BloomScrolling #MonarchButterfly

#FootpathFriday

#BloomScrolling #hydrangea

Another branch of the Manchurian Maple showing some autumn color

#AutumnColors #leaves

#BloomScrolling #chrysanthemum

Big Sur California taken September 7, 2013

#ThrowbackThursday #landscape #ocean

Manchurian Maple beginning to show autumn colors at the local arboretum

#AutumnColors #leaves

#TextureTuesday

#ThickTrunkTuesday

Probably the last lilac pic for this year

#BloomScrolling #lilac

#BloomScrolling #hydrangea

Crabapples

#crabapple #Autumn

Summer Wine Ninebark

#leaves #shrub

Autumn colors presented by the Winged Sumac in the local arboretum

#AutumnColors #sumac