The peacock

 
 
Here is the peacock that Jonathan scared.

A day at the zoo!

 

 

 

We took Jonathan to the zoo today. He pretended he was a prarie dog, chased a peacock, roared at a tiger and escaped a bee. It was a busy day. He still found time to dance to the music provided (we didn't realize it was a Halloween party-boo at the zoo) and pick up some pine cones.

All tuckered out...

 

 

Jonathan falls asleep on the couch after a long day of playing at Nonnie's house!

The last days of the garden

This is a cosmo that looked particularly pretty on the slope of yard that I've converted to a small patch of garden. I didn't spend as much time or energy on the garden this spring and summer since I was working and taking classes (not to mention Jonathan wasn't walking last season.) I did still enjoy my flowers though, and I would have had more success with the garden had the deer not eaten so many of the cosmos, asters and zinnias. I hope next year to plant more butterfly blue pincushion flowers, as they seemed to attract the most butterflies for me last year. I didn't replant them, because they were supposed to be perennials, but only one came back, and it never bloomed. I also plan next year to plant the alyssum in a large patch, rather than in a line, because I've heard that butterflies are more attracted to big splashes of color and flowers.

The First (and Last) Purple Prince Zinnia

Because of my soil conditions, and because of the deer that kept eating them, this was the first purple prince zinnia that managed to bloom. Luckily it made it before the first frost!

More VT fun

Visit to VT

Jonathan had a nice visit with great-grandma!

Picking a pumpkin at the farm

Ansonia Harvest Festival 2008