Autumn in the Garden

Early autumn is wonderful, isn't it? Well, it has been more like late summer some days; the air is periodically cool, with some hot weather in between.  While the days are considerably shorter, the sun is still heating us to the bone and we've had lots of it. Autumn is glorious this year.

These last few weeks the leaves changed of course. From week to week the colours of autumn evolved and more trees are colored now than not. Even the leaves that merely look rusty are visible. In another month the trees will be bare.

The changes in the garden are quite noticeable as well. 

The plants which bloom when the evenings are cool and the light diminishes add to the splashes of colour from the leaves. 

Some changes are people-made because we cleaned out the vegetable patch to ready it for the winter. 

Only a few herbs remain, holding on to the last few days of life, aided by the periodic covering against the frost.

The face of autumn, even in this modest little garden is beautiful.