I hope not, because I am having the hardest time coming up with titles these days. I put off drafting this post for an hour or so while I tried to come up with a good title...no luck. I considered NIMG (Not in My Garden - originally coined by Carol of May Dreams Gardens?):
Yes, those are topiaries, anchors, lengths of huge rope, and no, you're not insane, that's the Three Stooges in golf gear on the pedestals:
We pass it every time we go for a walk, but today was the first time the home-owner wasn't out there playing around so I dared to stop and take a few photos. Then I considered a fall theme of some sort, but the only fall color I could find was this cinnamon fern in my garden:
A post about dahlias was a legitimate possibility, with these colorful specimens all blooming in my garden, and now decorating my kitchen windowsill:
And these beauties:
In the living room next to the couch, as viewed from the couch:
But nothing clicked. It was nice to get outside for a little while on such a beautiful day. I probably should have spent time cleaning up the garden, but our trees are all still green and no leaves have fallen yet. Maybe by next weekend.
I love your bookcases.
I do think that a title catches your attention and makes you read a post, there is so many blogs now, how do you chose who you will read?
Posted by: Deborah at Kilbourne Grove | October 25, 2009 at 10:53 PM
I had to laugh, because the title is what I usually think of last, and lately, I have posted a couple, forgetting to come up with the title. When I'm picking in blotanical, I look at the title to see if it's something I'm interested in. If it's obviously not garden related, I usually skip it. In this case, you caught my interest.
I love your dahlias. I want to grow more next year.
Posted by: Sue | October 25, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Love those white dahlias. Happy belated birthday. What did VPH cook for you? Love the spider pictures and that must be the relative of Miss October 2009. When are you leaving for FL? Sounds like a great plan.
Posted by: Layanee | October 26, 2009 at 09:12 AM
Deborah -- Thanks! I love them too. They appear to have been hand-made and are just the perfect shallow depth for not a huge room. And I know there are more blogs than I can find the time to read.
Sue -- Aren't titles a pain? Do you find a lot of posts on Blotanical that aren't garden-related? I know I used to find a lot about cats, which I found pretty boring.
Layanee -- Thanks! I was super-swamped on my actual birthday with fundraiser duties, so we're going to celebrate the first week of November when we have theatre tickets with a nice dinner out. Mid-November to FL and we can't wait!
Posted by: Heather's Garden | October 26, 2009 at 07:25 PM
Oh the white dahlias are beautiful. I wish we could grow them here, but it's too darn hot!
In reference to weather, do you recall Southwest Florida had two days of really COOl temperatures last week...well, my camillia must have thought it was winter time so she's opened her one solitary bloom - three whole months before usual. I'll send a picture.
Temps are still in the nineties - if we ever have a seasonal change my tomatoes will go toes-up. I've even got green beans and spinach flourishing.
Posted by: mummer | October 27, 2009 at 03:51 PM