carrots I won't forget

As I mentioned in an earlier post I have been digging up the carrots. Here are a few oddballs that I found in the second batch I dug up. They look like they thought they were supposed to be mandrake roots. Or maybe they are dressed for Halloween.

the Denver Rally

We went down for the Obama rally. Over 100,000 people showed up - the largest crowd ever in downtown Denver for an event. Everyone was energized and enthusiastic. We were way in the back and couldn't even see Barak but it was exciting anyway. The first picture is the crowd behind us lining all the way up to the capitol building, the second one is facing the front of the event, as the crowd was starting to leave. Somewhere way up there in the front was the stage. Later that afternoon he went on to Ft.Collins where there was an approximate crowd of 50,000 at CSU and filled the campus. Considering that Ft. Collins has a population of around 100,000 that was a pretty good number. We heard that people started lining up at 4:30 in the morning for both events.

scenes from yesterday and today

First a few shots from a short walk at sunset yesterday. There were tons of raccoon footprints, both big and small along the ditch. Then today I harvested about one third of my carrot crop.

OBAMA signs

D's been churning out dozens of these, manufacturing them in the garage each night from scrap Masonite he salvaged at work. I made him a template and he's been busily cutting and painting them. The headquarters on Main Street has been giving them away. They are 16" in diameter and seem to be very popular. We've started to see them around town on people's porches and in their windows.
For more Obama stuff go to http://www.barackobama.com/index.php

Big Freeze last night

It got down to 18 last night - the first big freeze. I still have carrots and beets to dig up out of the garden, but I will do that this weekend. They say we may get some snow next week. We've been running the wood stove a lot and it's very cozy. The cats love to sleep in front of it.

Monday started early voting! We voted and it was so exciting to finally get the chance to mark up a ballot for the candidates for whom we've been working so hard. What a long, long campaign this has been.

Quick before it's gone

The yard turns red

Things have turned- the sumacs are red, the burning bushes are turning brilliant red. The ash leaves are down and blown away. The oaks are brown. The cotoneaster bushes are at their peak with multicolor leaves and blue berries. There is a nest of baby squirrels in the back tree - quite self-sufficient now and on their own. They are cleaning the bushes of their berries. It is going to rain tomorrow. The 80's of the weekend will be 50's tomorrow.

A long Time

...has passed since I posted anything to this. But now with kid #2 overseas again there is news to tell and there are pictures to post. A couple frosts have come now and the garden is history. Here is the total pumpkin crop - a mere 5 pumpkins. I am hoping they turn orange before Halloween. Today was a cooler, grayer day and the city has reached that state where, looking from above on Fox Hill, the trees appear as a sea of yellow, green and orange in about equal proportions. A massive leaf fall hasn't occurred yet but there are a few drifting about.