Things are still in bloom. October 12^th Click image for enlargement.
	After a couple of days of wind and rain, the back lawn - that had been mowed - is covered with leaves again. (12:10:2023)
You have to look a little closer these days - but here are still flowers around, like this patch of snapdragons that come up every year. (12:10:2023)
	The impatiens like the cooler weather. (12:10:2023)
How about this dahlia that has opened another blossom! (12:10:2023)
	My uncle, Ron Keay, gave us this cabin that hides under the rhododendron about 30 years ago. It was made of pieces of willow and old shingles from his chicken house. It is slowly disintegrating in the moisture of Vancouver Island. (12:10:2023)
The only two blossoms on a large pot of fuchsias. (12:10:2023)
	The begonias are still blooming too. (12:10:2023)
And poppies keep coming up and blooming! These are usually long gone this time of year. (12:10:2023)
	That mauve dahlia keep on blooming. (12:10:2023)
There is a little clump of mums that we had forgotten we had. It's hiding behind the yucca . (12:10:2023)
	Here's the whole pot of begonias beside the front door. (12:10:2023)
Raking up the leaves that have come down in the past week. (13:10:2023)
	The leaves filled four big bags. (13:10:2023)
Another day of wind and rain and we need to do it all over again! (15:10:2023)
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