Bounty from the Garden

A little bounty late in the season:

A little surprise in the greenhouse found this colorful orchid in bloom. I have a stainless steel tray filled with gravel that I keep wet with the orchid pots sitting on top. They love it!





Sweet Potatoes - they grow well in this soil that has a lot of sand in it.

Butternut Squash - Bake it with butter on top

Anyone have a recipe to use these? Let me know.

Moving right along

We're moving into the Christmas holiday season and it always makes me feel sad. I'm so far from my children and grandchildren, it's rare that I get to see them over the holidays.

All the grand's are boys and I have 1 great-granddaughter (this pic when she was 1 yr). I would certainly love to be near the great-granddaughter so that I could spoil her a little, but she is in Elko, Nevada. Brrrrr! Ughhhh!

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We were planning to go to the Rock & Gem Show this weekend but, as luck would have it, my coat button caught on the cord that runs along under my chair arm from the joystick to the battery. It caused the plug end to dislodge from the joystick. When I tried to reinsert the plug, it didn't align correctly and caused one of the little (and I mean "little") pins to bend. Of course, when Ed tried to straigten it--it broke off. Now my chair is dead until the repair part can be ordered. I hope I'll have it before Christmas!! I'm rolling in a manual wheelchair now.

Busy week!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!

It has been a very busy week leading up to Thanksgiving. I've never seen so much traffic!!

I pray you will all be safe and have great fellowship with family.

Marilyn

Around the yard today

Ed's first oranges

White Datura (Angel Trumpet)

The collard patch-- We're eating them now!

They will be on the table for Thanksgiving.

Baby bananas

Point Pelee Mum

Mum pics

Here are a few mum pictures. I didn't do my pinch backs as needed, but they are still pretty.

"Point Pelee"

Shasta

I love this little minature purple-- it blooms so profusely and for a long time.

Dogwood berries

Another grandson's visit

We are hosting Ed's daughter and grandson from San Francisco, CA. Yesterday we took a driving tour around Mobile and then out to Magee Farm. I couldn't get into the house as it is not handicapped accessible, so I picked up pecans while they went in for the tour.

Brick at the first step

The Tour Guide

Desk with Constitution of the Confederacy displayed

Willow furniture

Back at the house

Ed, daughter Donna & grandson Buddy

Playing a little catch

A Day at Battleship Park

We spent the day at the park and by chance the overseer of the aircraft building caught sight of Ed's grandson and came over to explain some things about the planes. He continued until he had given us a privately narrated tour of the aircraft and allowed Ed & Connor to enter the area behind the roped off area and for Connor to get into the helicopter that was used by the Presidents. I don't know who was the more excited, Ed or Connor!

Past President's helicopter

Stealth Bomber


Stealth pilot- Jack Weeks

Connor

Rose Garden

Rose USS Alabama