Dead apple tree. Day 187/365 It’s time to go.

      When we bought our house the apple tree in the back yard was producing apples every fall. I must admit they were scrawny and bitter, and I confess we never sprayed them as the previous owner had suggested. 

     Each year the tree became more pathetic than the year before, and then last winter a blight hit apple trees in the area. We would drive along and see dead ones wherever we went.

   



  So the other day my husband hacked down most of the branches and then decided to leave a tall stump for decoration.

Day 167/365 It’s time to go, spring and summer flowers

This was written by a guest blogger, my husband

It's October, and  flowers that bloomed happily in pots all spring and summer must now go.... either inside, or to flower heaven.

Sadly, the impatience which had a glorious six months of life are annuals.     They are still hanging on, but their days are numbered, inside space is limited, so their fate is to stay outside and face the music. 

Everything else  goes inside...   The lucky geraniums, cacti, and other  perennials,  get to be coddled and nurtured over the long winter, then moved back outside for another wonderful  six months.

This cycle continues, year after year, and just like their owners, the perennials tolerate the short days and cold nights of winter, protected by hot air from baseboard  and electric  heaters, and on some fine days, the sun.