First weekend of Autumn

While at Tanglebank Quilt Show I found this love rainbow selection of wool fabrics for my wool crazy sewing project. 

 These wool fabrics I found while in Oregon at a couple of different locations.

 Today I went for a walk and found the beauty berry plant.  This is the first time I've found it with the leaves still on and the berries so small.

 I think our colours this year will be amazing due to all the sunshine we had in August.

 This is my favourite oak leaf hydrangea.

 The zinnias are still blooming.

 This salmon colour is so pretty.  I may have to design one in wool.

 The colours of fall are so amazing.

 This magenta grass almost looks neon.

 It rained in the night and the water droplets were hanging onto to some of the plants.

Halloween is fast approaching. This wonderful witch was designed by my friend Karen Berry. She did a workshop with us at the beginning of October sharing some of her design techniques. You can see where some of her inspiration comes from colours in nature.This oak leaf hydrangea changes into such lovely colours of red, rust and brown.

We have several varieties of coleus along the gardens, their colours are quite spectacular in the fall sun.

Here is a slightly different colour way in the coleus.

The papyrus looks delicate against the blue sky.

These daisies always look so lovely. the colours so rich in the autumn sun.

This magenta grass is a favourite of mine.

The leaves of the witch hazel have wonderful veins and texture to them.

Another picture of the oak leaf hydrangea.