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October

10.10.12 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Sentiments of the Season, October

autumn + October

I don’t know if I end up thinking how gorgeous the days are more in spring, summer or autumn, but I know I’ve been thinking this thought a lot during the past few weeks of this autumn. I happened upon an older post about the Kigo of Japanese Haiku which celebrated late summer and started…

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02.10.12 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

Underestimated Flowering Shrubs

Landscape Design Know-How + October

Witch Hazel ushers in Spring On the whole, deciduous, flowering shrubs get short shrift in modern gardens. We know about lilacs and weigelas, perhaps, but are often discouraged from planting them given “lack of seasonal interest” as the rationalization for such advice. It is true that some of them shine only when in bloom. Flowering…

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08.10.11 | Ilona Erwin | 4 Comments

I took a Blog Vacation

October

I am in the 900 block of posts right now, 903 to be exact, and I made the first experimental blogpost on September 9th in 2003. Those were the days when I might post two or three things a day… in a freeform sort of way. The first one with any real content was later…

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20.10.10 | Ilona Erwin | 5 Comments

Autumn Morning Musings

2010 + autumn + Garden photos + October

Finally, the rain came, not to slake the thirst of the earth, but just to moisten the tongue. The month began with some of the mists and morning fog that often shrouds the morning of an autumn day in Ohio; the leaves dropped in mostly brown tones, and the chrysanthemums and asters came on smaller…

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24.10.09 | Ilona Erwin | 4 Comments

Just a Word On Autumn

2009 + autumn + October

Yesterday as I went abroad for supplies to round out my little family party, I was struck by the way the height of Autumn had visited so suddenly. It had been announcing itself for weeks, as my photos have tried to capture, but as rain moved in and I traveled to the more protected spaces…

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28.10.08 | Ilona Erwin | 1 Comment

October’s End

bulbs + garden chores + gardening tips + October

It is time to copy the tips from the sidebar for posterity and get ready to post new garden tips for November and the fast approaching winter. I enjoyed my day trip to Old Man’s Cave this past month with the roadside pumpkin display and the long walk; now I am deciding what diversions to…

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14.10.08 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Autumn Days- Autumn Day Trips

October

It was a little early for leaf color, but we took a day trip to Old Man’s Cave because the weather was so perfect for walking. I’m hoping to get there again, maybe in a week or two. Along the way we drove through Circleville, home to the famous Circleville Pumpkin Show. They were just…

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26.10.07 | Ilona Erwin | 1 Comment

October Selection of Poems

October

October AY, thou art welcome, heaven’s delicious breath! When woods begin to wear the crimson leaf, And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow briefAnd the year smiles as it draws near its death. Wind of the sunny south! oh, still delay In the gay woods and in the golden air,Like to a good…

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10.10.07 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Feeling Like October

gardening tips + October

Finally, the horrid heat wave is over. fini. All the things I loved about October were evaporating in the July-like heat (one of my least favorite months), but now all is back to normal. Now I can direct you, dear reader, to my October gardening tips, and let you know about a frost date selector…

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06.10.07 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Weathering the Heat Wave

garden chores + October + Seasons

It’s fine for tomato ripening, but a little too hot for me. We are seeing temperatures of 89 to 90 in October this year- I sure hope this isn’t our Indian Summer! Funny how I feel all lazy when it is this sort of midsummer weather, and how a brisk normal October day can be…

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