Last Saturday was nice and I did some outside work. One of those jobs was to touch up caulk on the back side of the house. I bought the brown caulk several months ago, and just got around to doing the job. I didn't necessarily think the brown would be the "right" brown to match the siding, but I was not expecting this.
So now there is a bunch of plum colored stripes in various places back there [shaking head]
I went out to water the pot of mums in the roadside garden and noticed a couple of things: 1st, that the Japanese maple had dumped all its leaves overnight (literally). Second, the Coppertina Ninebark, although mostly leafless, had a bit of color hanging on.
The colder mornings have the squirrels building winter nests. The first is in the northeast corner and the second is on the east side. I'm surprised there aren't more as there are 4, sometimes 5, squirrels that are regularly in my yard.
Spot and Rainey (L to R) were exhausted from watching birds, squirrels and bugs
And, if you look really close, you can see a faint reflection of Rita sitting in the window - an ear is to either side of the post of the cat tree and her back is behind the dangly ball.
Interesting that the maple did the "instant dump" that is a trademark of our front gingko (which was so confused by our weather that it failed to produce "instant dump" this time).
Eh, you can probably live with a little weird color easier than living without the caulking. Perhaps it will mellow with sun/age.
*Laughing* The first thing I looked for in the kitty picture was Rita - but - I failed to note the reflection until reading your mention of it. Cute.
Posted by: Cop Car | November 12, 2022 at 07:09 AM
Yeah, the color just bothers me since it is not what I expected. I knew I'd have to paint next year anyway, so it's all good in the end.
I don't remember if the insta-dump for the Japanese maple is characteristic or not. The only reason I noticed it this time is because the previous day I had noticed the leaves being an almost pure bright red (versus the slightly darker purple-red of summer), and thought I needed a picture. But, I didn't have my phone on me at the time.
Posted by: bogie | November 13, 2022 at 04:41 AM