pansies, impatiens, and the lovely panfur Miss Katy

A very tall cosmos thriving in the mild October weather 🌸🐈‍⬛

It’s shaping up to be a beautiful October Wednesday 🌞🐈‍⬛🐾

#GardensHour Looking forward to the beautiful #October leaves here on Southern Vancouver Island. My garden doesn’t have a lot of colour atm but this miniature crepe myrtle is starting to go red 🍂

The bald faced hornets nest stayed fully intact until Saturday October 4, when about 1/4 of the nest broke off. I only saw one weak hornet on the ground hugging onto remnants of its intricate home 🐝🛖

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Leaf time is ramping up quickly 🍂🍃🐾🐈‍⬛

#GardensHour the spartan apples have been small but flavourful 🍎

#GardensHour I have a large bald faced hornets nest up in a branch that the exterminator couldn’t reach. Luckily they turned out to be no bother and I rarely saw them other than here and there on my fuchsia. Question: I know they die off around now but where do they go to die?

Happy Caturday furiends 🖤🧡 Autumn is in the air 🍂🍃🍁🐾

flower nosed panfur 🍓🌸🥸🐈‍⬛

#GardensHour #bulbs #AutumnalEquinox 🍁🧅 we’ll need to wait until it gets a bit cooler in October to plant these lovelies

a suggestion for those expressing sadness for the state of world affairs…have a pleasant social media account just for your pets, plants or interests and a second account for politics and world affairs. This way in your pleasant account will be an oasis from the madness in the news 🖤🐈‍⬛🐾

#GardensHour #MyHarvest in a couple of years will hopefully include some kiwi (see orange pot) from some seeds I planted in spring from a supermarket kiwi. Hopefully I’ll overwinter it okay.

#GardensHour #MyHarvest will likely not include strawberries from this 🍓plant that just started flowering.

#GardensHour I don’t collect rainwater but I did have an irrigation systems installed (see hose lines in pic) which presumably helps save water. However, I still end up hand watering in warm weather.

low-5 Wolfie style 🐾

a purrfect September Pursday 🐈‍⬛🌞🌸

#GardensHour sadly fading in early September is our much loved and munched on catnip plant 🐈‍⬛❤️🪴

#GardensHour September sees our small potted fuchsia still blooming up a storm

#GardensHour September means freshening our sundeck flowers with some mums and a velvety celosia cockscomb

Enjoy your #Caturday furpals It’s a peaceful sleepy one here 💤🖤

#GardensHour #SixWeeksofColour #pink zinnia and summer heathers

#GardensHour #SixWeeksofColour #pink mini-roses

#GardensHour #SixWeeksofColour #pink #cosmos

Enjoying the beautiful last week of August 🐈‍⬛💕🌿🐾

#GardensHour #SixWeeksofColour #yellow Dwarf sunflowers nearing their end of bloom

#GardensHour #SixWeeksofColour #orange Chinese Lantern plant 🧡🌿

Miss Katy, lizard watcher - I’m lucky she’s never caught one! 🐈‍⬛👀🦎

Throwback to Summer 2024 #GardensHour #SixWeeksOfColour #Reds unfortunately my favourite red rose, with a heavenly scent, did not bloom this year. I’ll try to improve the soil and remove the deadwood and see if it may bloom again in 2026 🤞🏽🌹

#GardensHour #SixWeeksOfColour #Reds a burgundy Celosia

#KittyLoafMonday Wolfie baguette 🥖🐾 and Harvey loaf 🍞🐾

#RIPTerenceStamp I really enjoyed the final film he was in Last Night in Soho

#BlackCatAppreciationDay today and everyday here with the lovely panfur Miss Katy 👑🐈‍⬛

after a couple of days of beautiful rain, most of the garden is drooping with the exception of the lovely Miss Katy ☔️💕🐈‍⬛

#GardensHour #SixWeeksofColour #beige mini rose with pink tips

#GardensHour #Colours #White white hydrangeas (with a sneaky pink one popping through)

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paws crossed the beautiful warm weather will help ripen our tomatoes 💚🍅

Movie “Last Breath” based on a true story has Wolfie and me captivated 🤿🚢🌊

#GardensHour #SixWeeksofColour #Greens while I often curse my neighbours red robin photinia for all the leaves it drops year round, it does provide a nice green privacy hedge 🌿

#GardensHour #SixWeeksofColour #Greens green tomatoes

#GardensHour #SixWeeksofColour #Greens getting near the end of the scarlet runner beans, but it still provides some nice greenery

I loved the series #SneakyPete currently on Netflix. It also had a very satisfying series ending.

The kitchen table is the best spot for early morning sunpuddling 🐈‍⬛🌞

#GardensHour #SixWeeksofColour #Blues #Purples a leggy purple petunia and some blue balloon flowers

#GardensHour #SixWeeksofColour #Blues some blueish purple pansies and sage

#GardensHour #SixWeeksOfColour #Blue some blueish purple sage

#GardensHour this little patch of petunias, nasturtium and gerbera provides colour to our dulling July garden 🌸

comfy Katy 🐈‍⬛🐾