Autumn scenes..................

We had an outside visit yesterday at my house.  The little great-grands are growing so tall.  The littlest one in this family is 5.  After they left I took some photos around my yard.

I have 3 of the compact Burning Bushes on the south side of my house.  This year is the most vivid color they have produced in the 4 years they have been there.  The one in the middle doesn't get quite as much sun as the other 2 so it is still half green.

I had to walk all the way into my backyard neighbor's yard to get a compete photo of my maple tree.  This is the first year it has had color other than gold.  All of my previous years' photos show a totally gold tree.  This one planted itself fairly close to the property line.  It is a huge tree now and I'm trying to figure out how old it is.  I think it was a small tree when in 2011 my neighbors had their 7 walnut trees cut down (because they were all leaning toward my house).

In my front garden I have a second volunteer Columbine under a Sedum plant.  The roots are right next to the sidewalk so I don't know if I can successfully move it to another location.

The Black Eyed Susan in the sidewalk crack has a new batch of blooms.  We are supposed to have 2 really warm days Tuesday and Wednesday so maybe I'll try to cut it out.  I have been putting it off long enough.