Chickadee Gardens

What a strange light a week or so ago. Of course, if you're in an area that experiences wildfires you'll know that particular color overlaying the landscape. While we've been mostly spared wildfire smoke (for which we are most grateful) this summer, we've had a few orange-colored days. But as I write this, a touch of rain has been falling, the first real rain in a long while so the orange days are long gone. We went from 102 to 65 degrees in a matter of days.  Autumn is fast-approaching with its cooler temperatures and regular precipitation. I'm glad that last week, when it was still quite hot, I took a few moments to grab the camera and look at the September garden all in a soft orange glow. Hopefully I mixed in a few vantage points not really photographed before to mix it up a bit for fun. It's a photo-heavy post this time, so grab a cuppa and take a tour with me. Just off of our deck there is a little path with a few sunny treasures that up until this spring