Photo-a-Day Week 39

Another week is in the books. We took a quick trip to Nashville to visit our daughter and family. I want to tell you, my faithful readers, that I am going to drop the follow.it email feed. I will continue to post here on my blog site, "The Queen of Seaford," but I will also be posting on Substack. On Substack there is a way to sign up to receive emails of new posts. As I figure it out, I will be sure to post about it here. I won't cancel follow.it quite yet, allowing for an overlap. 

So without further delay, let us continue with last week's photos. 

Day 265-

In my daughter's neighborhood in Nashville, they go all out for Halloween decorations. Our son-in-law pulled out some of theirs while we were there. The grandkids love it. The younger one was carrying a life-sized skeleton around with him, he's two and a half. Sunrise accentuated the bats and skeleton hanging on the porch. 

Spooky Season

Day 266- 

Our drive home took us through Chattanooga and Atlanta. Saw a lot of signs for both Rock City and Ruby Falls. I remember the 'See Rock City' advertising on barns. It was an iconic sighting. Met a woman a few weeks ago, and the conversation somehow got to the 'See Rock City' signs along the highways. She had never heard of them. I was dumbfounded. So for those who haven't seen a 'See Rock City' sign for a long time, here you go! They are no longer painted on the roof of barns along the highways but signs of their own, mimicking the barns. 

Iconic

Day 267-

The Golden Asters are in full bloom. They are nice native blooms, blooming at the same time as most of the Goldenrods we have popping up. Chrysopsis mariana is the most common one here in South Carolina. Common names are Golden Aster, Maryland Aster, and Maryland Golden-aster. I like the shaft of sunlight hitting the flowers, making them shine.

Golden Aster

Day 268-

This Gnome house is a favorite of so many of us in the neighborhood. I saw activity with the gnomes and thought the owner was just moving them to cut the grass. Next time I drove by, she had set up a yard sale for the gnomes. It is so cute. I'm eager to see what she does next with them. 

Yard Sale

Day 269-

Driving home the other night, we finally got a little bit of rain. I think my rain gauge reading was 2/100th of an inch...not much! We did have a few raindrops on the grill of the truck. 

Raindrops

Day 270-

While waiting for the show to begin, I took a few photos of the Peace Center, where we were to see Lyle Lovett. He puts on such a great show. By showtime, the seats were all filled. When I bought the tickets the floor seats were already sold out. We were able to get row A, center seats, in the first balcony. Really like the seats. 

Peace Center, pre-show

Day 271-

This native flower is such a nice burst of blue color in the fall, where there's a lot of yellows, oranges, and reds. Blue mistflower, Conoclinium coelestinum, is perennial and will spread where it is happy. Mornings are a great time to capture the sunlight sparkling on the blooms.

Blue Mistflower Aglow

That's all for this week. Next week I will include a link to my Substack page. 

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Photo-a-Day Week 8

Our weather has been nice the last few days, so I spent a good deal of time outside pruning those shrubs whose time is now. While showering I remembered I needed to post this past week's photos. All photos this week were taken with my cellphone. 

Day 48-

I have three Amaryllis bulbs on the laundry room window sill. They bloomed Christmas time in 2023 and spent last summer on the screened porch, each putting up a lot of foliage but no blooms. Once in the house for the winter, I noticed a flower stalk. I watched and watched, and then on Monday morning, I didn't see the flower bud, just a long stalk reaching up to the window. It had opened and put forth two beautiful blooms behind the curtain!

Reaching

Day 49-

Outside our dining room window, there is/was a bird feeder on a shepherd's hook. This was one of the feeders  I didn't ordinarily bring in the house overnight. I guess this was a mistake!  I imagine it was a raccoon that wanted the birdseed. The pole bent almost to the ground and all seed was gone! 

Raccoon?

Day 50-

We have rocks throughout our yard, some of it is really pretty. This one is about the size of a basketball or more. I believe it to be white quartz. 

Rock

Day 51-

Just outside our neighborhood, in the same yard that I shared last week with the bicycle and pink blooming tree, is a cute Gnome house. The tree stump has been disintegrating, so I think this little house is on borrowed time. It used to have an above-ground pool and clothesline and lots of Gnomes lounging about the yard.  

Our house is a very, very, very fine house...

Day 52-

Liebling, our German Shepherd, loves to play fetch. Both the dogs are always excited about going out front to play. Their stare is intense, waiting for the rings to be tossed.

Laser Focus

Day 53-

Edgeworthia chrysantha blooms every winter. Many of my winter-blooming plants have been blooming later this year than usual. The fragrance of these blooms is amazing! The honey bees love its nectar, on warm days you will see bees all over the shrubs. 

Edgeworthia Aglow

Day 54-

Washington Hawthorn shrubs are native to our area and true to their names, come with large thorns! This is Crataegus possibly uniflora.

HawTHORN

Thus wraps up another week of photos. Come back again next week. 

©Copyright 2025 Janet. All rights reserved. Content created by Janet for The Queen of Seaford. Words and photos by Janet, The Queen of Seaford.