This year fall/autumn weather came just as we entered October. The weather has cooled down, the leaves are changing colors and the mornings are foggy. It is a beautiful time of year in the Pacific Northwest. For the first time in my life, I saw the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) – that too right from my backyard, What an amazing natural phenomenon!

October is usually super busy for us Indians! It is the festival time and I got caught up with the festivities spending very little time in the garden. I did enjoy all the colors that are still there. The dahlias are continuing to bloom – actually they are more and more stunning in the cooler weather. I am so happy with all the dahlias I have all around my garden.

My favorite rose Eustachia Vye also gave me a beautiful flower! The alyssums and calendula flowers are continuing to provide the pops of colors throughout the garden. I harvested the remaining tomatoes, carrots and peppers and planted a few garlic pods in the veggie patch. I also started planting the spring flowering bulbs.

As the garden chores winded down this month, I completed the cross stitch needle work I started months earlier. This piece says “Count Your Blessings” – so I am hoping to display it till Thanksgiving.

A few snippets from October gone by are captured in the video below. Happy Fall, everyone!