Turquoise

Today's colours are turquoise, beige, fading green, and a hint of red. The sky has been huge; clean, clear after a few clouds passed this morning. October, but in a T-shirt, at least until 5-30.

This house loves the daylight at this time of year. It enters through the high windows and spotlights the begonia on the dining table, paints pictures on the high, sloping ceilings, and plays with my coloured glass.

The non-pampas-grass has suddenly sprouted reddish plumes. The gourd vine is covered in tiny gourds, and one giant that was revealed to me today when the breeze moved the leaves that had been hiding it. (The two that were on the east side of the deck/bridge are now standing on a trivet in the kitchen. That's as far as I have made it with genius ideas for drying them in a wetlands climate. The garage is not such a good idea... maybe they'll be staying where they are for the winter. If they dry properly, they'll be made into bird-houses next year.)