End of a Season...

... which means the start of another!
Days drawing in and an imminent clock change, must mean that autumn is well and truly here, and winter close behind. Also means that it's all change in the garden here... pruning of the rose bushes, cutting back of the grapevines, continually raking up leaves and the ever ending debate when would be the best time to do the last lawn mow!
Do so love the garden in summer, all the greenery, flowers and edible plants! Though it was rather hard watching the lawn struggling in the drought... I guess I could have lugged out the shower and dish water to alleviate it, though no doubt not near enough to keep it as lush as it looks now.
Find the winter garden interesting, lying dormant, looking dead, though the days with sunlight and the shadows through the skeleton like trees, spun with the odd optimistic spiders web are inspiring... knowing that the bulbs in the earth will soon be erupting into gorgeous blooms. Well not for at least another five months!
At least I have the memories, and photos, of my garden at it's near lushest.. though considering this is really it's first year still it's just in it's infancy.
So I thought I'd show you some pics of this sometimes tantrum throwing living beast... hope you enjoy them & if you don't ah well I do!

PS: I included the sunflower because I planted 25 seeds and only this one bothered to make it up!