Gray Mantles of Foggy Mist Covering Twilight Sky Over Hemlock and White Pine Forest

 foggy mist billows

emanates through countless leaves

vast cool covering

mysterious veil

floating dreams mingling within

twilight curtain falls

ever morphing sky

filled with wondrous light and form

gazing southeastward

Jazzy Blooming Friday Astonishing Light Against the Sky

Continuing our walk about the gardens . . . the kings of the land circa 1790 . . .  giant Rock Maples wearing crowns of Autumn.

Guarding the southern side of an old farmhouse . . .  colossal trunks . . .  woodcut . . .  into the sky. One view from the lower garden. . .  beneath an apple looking up through Hydrangea, Grasses and Magnolias stellata (left light green) and soulangeana (right).

Smoke Bush in the middle garden before Black Cherry.

Japanese Maple nearby turning brilliant before Black Cherry and further on the blazing forest edge.

Looking down into the Blueberry field, primary colors create forms. Native Blueberries before young Birch cluster.

Apple woodcutting before more vibrant Blueberry bushes, Sumac and the forest edge. 

Walnut Hill still afire though color is falling and fading fast . . .  with the wind and near frost nights. 

Miscanthus grasses wave towards Shagbark Hickory wearing a Climbing Hydrangea.

The narrow eight to ten feet tall stems offer a unique viewpoint.

Velvet-like Wisteria seed pods hang like blooms.

Viburnums exhale values of Rose reds. 

Apples of deep red still hang on. While above  . . . 

A garden and forest 'against the light' . . . an arching color wheel . . .  after scattered stormy puffs.

A double rainbow closes the day!

Close enough Full Moon hangs majestic . . . fearless of dragon clouds. 

Moon mirroring the setting sun . . . as he throws luminous washes of soft, mauve pink . . .  into the billowing clouds. 

It is Blooming Friday and over in Sweden lovely Katarina graciously hosts gardeners across the world, who share their imaginations and gardens. Her theme this week is . . . 'against the light'. Visit Roses and Stuff  to see more participants. Happy Skywatching and Gardening to you! 

WELCOME OCTOBER and the Return of BLOOMING FRIDAY

I am so happy to be joining my Swedish friends and others over at Katarina's Roses and Stuff  to celebrate Autumn and the return of Blooming Friday. We have missed you Katarina! 

If you have not had a chance to see my post just yesterday about a wonderful writer/gardener/blogger . . . who came for tea, please follow the country road or just scroll down to learn about our fellow blogger 'Commonweeder'.

The Sky Above Flower Hill Farm Watching the Light

There is an extraordinary light show, as the earth turns from day towards night, in this corner of the world. The sky above Flower Hill Farm is HUGE and I wish I could share the vastness of the canopy. The azure blue stretches in an arc high above the land and antique farmhouse, as seen in a planetarium. When night becomes the stage, the sky sparkles with the Milky Way, constellations and planets. There is a change in the air, jet streams usher in fronts of cold or warmth. Clouds become like temples falling into rivers of light and air. Autumn is a wondrous season and it is nearly upon us . . . there will be time to fall back into fluffy down and savor the magic of change.

This post is about sharing what is just out the windows, French doors and above the gardens. While you stroll with me in the muddled wildness that is my garden . . . you might enjoy looking up to see the sunset reflecting in an eastern sky. I wish you a lovely weekend, with miles of breathtaking wide blue yonder.