BLUEBIRD TEA for "Tea In The Garden"

 We have been so thrilled to have

cooler weather 

 going into October. 

I decided to set up a little bluebird

themed "tea in the garden" to

celebrate some lovely blue

hydrangeas.  Actually, not

much is really going on in the

backyard garden,  and the marigolds

and zinnias have now been removed

out front.  That was a big job for

sure.  In some ways - I could have 

waited till next month but I guess I

was in a cleanup mode that day.

I was so glad to get our huge project

behind us of removing our koi pond.

This year I was feeling a little over-

whelmed at the cleanup of the filters

every few days.  I had to take that over

last year because my husband has some

physical issues.  It was quite a project

to remove the pond but that is all 

behind us.

Thank God for our son, sweet neighbors and a brother of a lady in our subdivision

who showed up to help.  I think, he

may have been an angel in disguise!

So I hope you like bluebirds because

that is our theme.  They will come

back this winter and into early summer.

I love them and seeing them hatch

little baby bluebirds is such a joy.

Please enjoy some tea!

I've had this tea set for a long time

now from my store.  I actually had

2 teapots but decided that was silly

so I shared one with another lady

who blogged.  That made me happy.

I have always loved the song 

"The White

Cliffs of Dover".

I made this little table topper

a long time back with a

combination of old vintage

linens.

We have enjoyed some lovely

blue hydrangeas in our yard

this year.  They just bloomed now

as they barely hang on all summer

because of our heat and if it turns cold when it is time to bloom.....too bad.

This year we love them!

I hope your fall is lovely.

WHAT REMAINS IN THE OCTOBER GARDEN

 I took a few photos today outside and

hope to get in another "Tea In The

Garden" yet this week.

The bittersweet hasn't popped open 

yet but now that it is cooler,

the blue hydrangeas are blooming.

at least, until a night time frost comes along.

This week I went ahead and removed

the annual zinnas from the flower

beds.  Of course, I am drying many

seeds just as before for another year.

I put some in a bucket with hopes

of doing a floral this week.

I think the zinnias would have made

it yet a while but I was wanting to 

get this task over.  

I still have an abundance of those

little tomatoes coming.....all my

neighbors are finding them at

their doors.

Earlier in the summer there was the

tiniest little bunny following his

Mommy and Daddy around the yard.

The day they left him he was right

at home and now he has grown

so much.  Can you see him there

where he sleeps each day under

a columbine plant?

In closing I must ask everyone who has

faith to pray for the those who have

experienced the peril of hurricane Helene.

It seems rather cruel to be posting about

my garden at such a time.  So I close

with this prayer:

"Lord above, we call out to you in

behalf of all those who have experienced

such great loss and hardship.  We ask

that you will give wisdom and understanding to those people who

are assisting is rescue and all operations

and endeavors in their behalf.  We 

ask this in Jesus name." Amen