Happy Halloween on this idyllic autumn day.
At the last possible minute, I threw together a sort of decoration, since we'll be home tonight and distributing candy. Last night buying candy at Walgreen's (on sale! Procrastinators rule!), I found these two sets of these rather endearing ghost lights (half off), and I thought, "Why the heck not?" So I hung them, dug out our modest collection of Halloween doo-dads, and added a little All-Hallows flair to the front porch.
Pumpkin-Girl. Maybe it's time to scrape the excess paint from 2-1/2 years ago off the window?
Halloween doo-dads
'Ducher' rose with seasonally appropriate spiderMatt's pink Turk's Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus) is in bloom. It's a rather unusual cultivar, but these shell pink flowers, I think, are at least as charismatic as the common red. Less brilliant, but more graceful. The color of a 1940s synchronized swimmer's cap. Neither the shady picture nor the sunny picture came out exactly right, so I included both to help you get a better feel for the plant.
Pink Turk's Cap (#1)
Pink Turk's Cap (#2)And 'Mademoiselle Franziska Krüger' is sporting some especially nice blooms right now. This delicate bud shows her more demure side...
'Mademoiselle Franziska Krüger' bud...while the wadded tissue look of this fully open blossom is her more characteristic style. Note the color variation--buff with an irregular pink splodge down the middle--that's typical of Franziska, who has a distinctly eccentric streak.
Fully open 'Mlle. Franziska' blossomThe purple Dyckia that I bought a couple weeks ago at Peckerwood's fall open house seems to be settling in.
Purple DyckiaAnd the watering system has given the 'Kimberly Queen' ferns from Mom a whole new perspective on life. The front porch looks very lush and much more private now.
A happy 'Kimberly Queen' fern
'Fairy Tale' pumpkins
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