. . . What Wonderful Worlds

I have decided that I actually must do some cleaning
today, or OSHA will shut me down.

So today is mostly pictures.  From here at That Old House, and from

the East End of Long Island, where our family has a beach house.

This is a glimpse at our two worlds.

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It's September -- nearly Autumn.

Tell that to our tough New Jersey geraniums.

They are a little anemic -- their scarlet is fading -- but they soldier on.

Here, they cuddle up to some Autumn Joy Sedum, just beginning its blushing bloom,
and one of the world's truly unattractive plants.
It is only outclassed in that category by ornamental cabbage.

At That Old House, most of the summer flowers are now kaput.

Searing heat, roaring Irene, vicious weeds,

hungry deer, and cruel neglect heartlessly caused their grisly demise.
How many more adjectives could I have fit into that sentence?  Hey, they're free!

Not fading yet are the wax begonias around the sunroom foundation.
Wax begonias are either too stupid

or too stubborn to know that their day is done.

Disclaimer:  Alida and Josh planted these for me.  I went shopping.

I don't really like wax begonias, but I we plant them because, gosh darn it,

they are such plucky little plants.  No matter what, they live.

I like that.  And so do the bees.

Ladies and gents, I think we have been mooned.

 Behind the house, the old rambling rose
is the latest all-you-can-eat buffet for the deer.

I don't get the appeal, but then I'm not a deer.
Just a dear.
I can hear the groans right through my computer screen.

One final That Old House picture from today:

We still have the old de-commissioned shutters that were taken off the house when it was painted.
What do you think we should do with them?
Sadly, they are too big to use as Christmas Tree ornaments.


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In our other world . . . on the beautiful North Fork, Howard and I

took a picnic breakfast to a stretch of Long Island Sound beach in Southold.

 A seagull soared overhead.

 Ah.  Now we know why he (she?) was in such a hurry.  Whew!

So if it's Boys on the left and Girls on the right ... who uses that middle door?  Can't be the gulls; they use the roof.

Howard lusted in his heart for this sailboat.

Over on the Peconic Bay side of Southold, I lusted in my heart

for the beautiful big white houses across from Founders' Landing.

How cute is this one, with its own lighthouse?

In both northern New Jersey, and out on the Island,
the green of summer is beginning to get that early Fall gilding of gold.
Leaves are starting to turn.


But don't panic yet.
We still have one week and two days before Summer is officially over.


Like that bee on the begonia, let's make the most of it.  -- Cass

Link Parties!
Outdoor Wednesday at A Southern Daydreamer ... click here!
White Wednesday at Faded Charm ... click here!
Wednesday is Rednesday at It's A Very Cherry World ... click here!

P.S.  For those of you not in the USA, an explanation:  OSHA stands for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, one of our beloved, bloated and bullying Federal agencies.  In fact, I think that's on its letterhead.

Categories: begonias , deer , fall , Long Island , new jersey , OSHA , seagull