Mid-November at Leticia's Garden

Clematis

Here are some pictures of what I have blooming at my garden in the middle of November. 

 Last night was the first time the temperatures got really low around here. I walked through my 

garden this morning to see what the frost had done and the only flowers I saw damaged were the 

dahlias and black eyed susans. Which made me very happy because not just I get to enjoy many of

my flowers for a little longer, but I can also use the pictures I had already taken for this post! 

Snapdragon

'Dancing Dolls' Salvia,  and Black Eyed Susan

Johnny Jump Up

Wood Aster

Cone Flower

Plumbago on left bottom and Blanket Flower

 After blooming Snapdragon

Salvia 'Hot Lips'

Blanket Flower  

Agastache

After blooming Anemone 'September Charm'

Penta

Blue Salvia and Penstemon

Turtlehead 'Hot Lips'

Clematis on the fence with Lantana in the back

Knock Out Rose

Coreopsis

Lily 'Happy Returns'

Bearded Iris

Clematis with the fall orange color of a Myrtle tree at the background

Blanket Flower and unknown plants

I'm so happy to have these many flowers at my garden!
But I have to confess, it is also full of weeds, as you can see in the picture above.

After not caring for my garden for 2 years, the lilies, evening primroses and black eyed
susans, have taken over. In the last couple of months I have been uprooting some of them
which left me with a lot of  bare spots that the weeds have quickly filled in.

Currently I'm putting down mulch, which it might be a little too late, at least it'll give
some nice curb appearance to my home for the winter. Thankfully I have the cat to help me!

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In a Cat's World

Here is my cat spaced out into his own little world, meticulously licking his paw.
Watching my cat groom himself is a joy. He even makes licking  noises as if  he is
eating a juicy mango or enjoying a drippy melting popsicle.

While he is in his own little world I can go on taking  as many pictures of him as I want.
But as soon as he becomes aware of my presence and the camera's sound, he goes from a  very relaxed cat to a very annoyed cat. As if he's saying "How dare you come and interrupt my cleaning ritual!". 

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Some Of It

This is my window view, so pretty! That myrtle tree is on fire!

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By now you probably have heard of what happened to 43 students from a place called 

Ayotzinapa in Mexico.  It's a very sad story! But things like these have been happening
in Mexico for awhile now. And Mexican citizens are tired of it. So in their frustration that the
government appears to not care about them, they have gone violent. If the government
is doing it's part, is hard to say! The government has to deal with the mafia which is
interweave with the government itself!  Please pray for Mexico.

Here is a video of students from around the world that want to use the social
media to show support to Ayotzinapa.

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My son asked me for toothpicks.  I told him where they were and 

I guess he found them, because when I went to his room this is what I saw!

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Here is  a short video of  the Veteran's Day parade at Colonial Williamsburg. 

(Please excuse the blurriness, I'm new at the making videos job.)

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This is it! Today it will get down to 31 degrees! As much as I don't want to, I think is time to say good bye to my wishes of playing with the waves and feeling the warm sand between my toes! 'till next year!

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Besides the Parade

Here is a little more about our visit to Colonial Williamsburg on Veterans day. 

Today's post is a lot more color toned down compared to my last post that was full of red,
white and blue colors from the Veteran's Day celebration. 

Thank your for your visit!

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Remembering

Yesterday was the day to remember, to celebrate and thank the veterans.
I'm a veteran. I've served in the U. S. Navy, but won't talk much about it these days, 

since I've ran out of sea stories! And I don't want my friends and family to
 roll their eyes, if  I began the "When I was in the Navy..." sentence one more time. 

But there are times when I sing it out loud, so I can get a military discount, including yesterday.
I proudly got out my military ID so I could get a free ticket to Colonial Williamsburg. 

Every year they have a Veteran's Day parade. Anybody can join the parade, but I like to
"use my rank" to find the perfect place and take pictures. Then I join them at ceremony time when
 they call to all the veterans from the crowd that have served at any time, to step forward and join the others.

Very grateful for all that have served, the ones that are serving right
now, and to others that take the time to remember us veterans!

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The Distractions

After the rainy and cold days, there was a day with the perfect weather to work on the garden.

I went outside to start some cleaning for the winter and I brought my camera with me, just in case I saw something good. It wasn't to long before I found a spider in my gloves among dead flowers, then came the 

caterpillar and later on another spider. There will always be "something good" to take pictures of. 

If I want to get some cleaning done I will have to come out with out the camera!

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