Take Time To Sit In Your Garden

Give yourself permission to revel in the beauty around you.

Celebrate what you have created.

 Focus on your successes not the defeats.

 There's always a list and there's always a project, but, how many beautiful fall days will there be like today?

When the autumn sun  lights up grasses;

makes leaves glow a brilliant red;

or,  highlights simple fruits? 

Soon, I will miss the golden colors and the warm days, but, not today. 

Today, I will sit in the garden and revel in the beauty. I hope you will, too.

xxoogail

I'm joining Dave's Fall Color Project 2011,  please visit The Home Garden for more beautiful fall gardens.

Photos:
1. Ostrya virginiana
2. Cotinus 'Grace'; Juniperus virginiana 'Gray Owl'; Basil
3. Panicum virgatum 'Northwind'; Aronia arbutifolia
4. Garden of Benign Neglect~Viburnum rifidulum/Rusty Blackhaw
5. Panicum 'Northwind' (here)
6. 'Glowing Embers' Japanese Maple developed for the south
7. Aronia arbutifolia berries~
8. Carya ovata/Shagbark Hickory
9. A little of this and a little of that~ Ex-aster, juniper, River Oats...


Gail Eichelberger is a gardener and therapist in Middle Tennessee. She loves wildflowers and native plants and thoroughly enjoys writing about the ones she grows at Clay and Limestone."

There's Gold In Them There Hills, Valleys and Hollers

Shagbark Hickory shining over the garden

It's finally fall at Clay and Limestone and we're celebrating! Let's see what's going on!

Hedge the Enormous

Even Hedge has gotten in on the excitement and is showing his colors

'Diane' Witch hazel

Every way you turn there's a new bit of golden glow to focus upon

Panicum virgatum 'Northwind'

It's not as rich as past years...

'Rusty'~Viburnum rufidulum before the winds blew the leaves off

But, you cannot beat the burgundy of Viburnum rufidulum~I love Rusty, you will, too.

Garden of Benign Neglect~iteas, oakleaf hydrangeas and witch hazels

A garden of native shrubs, small trees and perennials that compliment one another~

The brilliant color of itea paired with a perfect cobalt pot

Or, how varied the leaves of an Oakleaf hydrangea can be on one shrub.

If you like those fall colors, you're might appreciate

Ostrya virginiana~a small native tree that loves dry shady gardens! It's across the garden from its twin The Dancing Tree!

But, if all that gold and burgundy flash is too much, have a seat on The Waiting Bench.

From there we can see the asters.

and catch a glimpse of visiting bumbles and skippers on Ryan's Yellow (Chrysanthemum x morifolium)

Perhaps, we'll still be able to see the sky through the leaves of the dogwood~

For sure we'll see Aster oblongifolius (Symphyotrichum) it's blooming and blooming and blooming.

and, Pineapple Sage will be with us until the frost arrives to herald big changes.

Lean back and relax~You deserve the break~It's been a long growing season!


xxoo, gail


Please join our host, Dave, The Home Garden and other participants in celebrating the Fall Color project.

Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile.
William Cullen Bryant