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Eat Drink & Be Scary (And Other Ideas for Honoring Halloween)
by
TheLastLeafGardener
(IC: blogger)
"Eat, Drink & Be Scary," read the sign within a shop on Columbus Avenue in New York City. And last night I heeded part of that advice. I ate and drank at a restaurant on my block. The occasion was my last supper before I go my doctor for a mandated physical that I am required to have in order to be cleared for my upcoming eye surgery, which to me is scary.
I have less than "counting fingers" in my left eye and very compromised vision in my right eye; compromised enough to be considered legally blind. Unfortunately very dense cataracts have developed in both my eyes which are causing my vision to be more compromised than usual.
I have three Jack-O-lanterns. One can be seen cozy-ing up my Japanese grasses AKA Hakanechola Macra.
Another one of the Jack-O-Lanterns is staring into the doorway that leads from my apartment into my garden. His vantage point is from atop of one of my urban hedges. Urban hedges are something I discussed on HT (in the fall of 2013) and if you'd like to refer to my entries, the links are:
The third Jack-O-Lantern can be seen sitting underneath my Contorted Hazelnut, a shrub which he is admiring. And why not? Contorted Hazelnuts have earned their bragging rights! A number of stories about my Contorted Hazelnut can be found within the following link.
The white arrow in this image is a big clue as to the location of the new faces in my garden. The black arrow indicates the Jack who is spending time in the home of my Contorted Hazelnut. The latter of the arrows was added to give you a perspective about where the new faces are in relation to other elements in my garden.
The white arrow at the right in the image above provides another big clue as to where the new faces are in my garden. The other arrow indicates the Jack sitting atop an urban hedge as he gazes into my apartment.
The twentieth one has made his home in the branches of my 'Tamukeyama' AKA Japanese Maple (http://www.thelastleafgardener.com/search/label/%27Tamukeyama%27).
The 'Tamukeyama' has already lost all of its leaves before they even had a chance to turn to their fall colors. Therefore she is thrilled to have the company of a pumpkin dangling from one of her arms, even though the sparrows usually spend their time there, especially now that the tree is leafless.
Thankfully the pumpkin and sparrows are willing to share my 'Tamukeyama's' limbs.
I guess you could say fuzzy pumpkins and sparrows will go out on a limb for each other! And rainfall does not seem to alter the mood of either one of them.
But the foliage of the Smoke Bush takes care of any bad hair day blues that the fuzzy pumpkins may have. She wipes the rain-drenched faces of her new friends with her leaves.
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Published October 17th, 2014 10:41 AM
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Douglas Hunt on Oct 18, 2014You do a wonderful job of decorating for the holidays and seasons. Best of luck with your surgery.
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