What a day!

What an incredible day!  Here it is, October 9 and there are cicadas buzzing!  The skies are clear and there is a gentle breeze for hanging laundry.

Ozzie is at doggy day care for his weekly play date and a day for us to get things done around the house.  For me it mostly means that I can vacuum without him going bonkers, but today is all about working outside.

I am in the midst of emptying out pots and planters...better to do it in the nice weather rather than leave it until the cold and my DH went all around this house and carted the pots to me by the greenhouse, saving my back and so much time.  He is always to willing to make my life easier and suggested he set up this table so I wouldn't have to bend all the time.

Inevitably there are some plants that I just can't pitch into the compost pile just yet, such as this Gerbera, so I will keep it in the sun room until it is too cold in there.

I was torn between keeping the anemones in the gardens  and taking them out (they really can seed around), but then I see them full of bees and lady bugs and know that I can't take them away from these beneficial insects.  Besides, the anemones make such a welcome hit of white and pinky/purple in the fall.

Speaking of lady bugs, they are really making an appearance this year and I was finding it hard to be out there at times with them taking a sample of me now and then.  The birds are all over the windows picking off bugs...what a day!

It seems the weather is going to stay nice, so it will be hard to stay inside and do any cards and cooking, plus we still have the beets to dig up and can.  I also want to cut all the parsley, some for my Mom and some for me to make a parsley pesto for the freezer.
  
Time to get back at it!

          It was a great experience this weekend.  I was exhibiting with a friend who hand crafts elegant and beautiful jewelry at the  Apple Harvest Craft Show in Meaford this weekend - my first experience.  The days were long but it was exciting for me to have my cards etc. for sale.  Most exciting was the fact that I actually sold some!  

Today is back down to earth at home with Ozzie, drying tomatoes in the oven.  The house smells heavenly with the aroma of Italian herbs, tomatoes and garlic.  DH is up at Colpoy's and hopefully he will be successful and bring home fresh caught fish.

It is a rainy cool day and we had some hail earlier but the temperature is still fairly warm for the date, so no complaints but it makes for a good day to be indoors.