The Week In Review

It was a very nice week, fall temperatures moved in ahead of the official start to fall. I spent part of Monday and Wednesday picking figs. Yes, I know this photo has the wrong date but I was getting tired of taking fig photos.

Since the weather has been nice and cool we have been enjoying a fire on the back deck after dinner. Mike has a cast iron chiminea and when the fire gets going it gives off a lot of heat. Using a flash on the camera takes away from how nice the fire really is. This was Thursday night.

With the flash off you get the full effect, including the "after-burner" effect with the flames coming out of the top.

While we are enjoying the cool night and the fire we have the fountain going. Look carefully near the top and you can actually see the water.

Mike also has a really neat candle holder. We light it when it gets dark. Of course with the flash on you miss the true beauty of the bamboo design.

On Friday we headed off the the Farmers' Market to get more eggs and goat cheese. A vendor had these great mums at a very reasonable price.

After lunch I donned my new garden clogs. I love these because they are blue, they have blue paw prints, they are water-proof, they are very comfortable and,,,they are made in the U.S.A.

With my new garden shoes on I went out and,,,,,,,picked more figs. I am happy to say that we are almost done for the year.

After I picked the figs I started work on the front flower garden. Every other week I go out and pick all the spent blooms off the marigolds. The flower garden has been going for 3 months now and just gets better looking all the time.

Saturday was a play day, a well earned play day. Mike had been telling me about the Greek festival a Greensboro Church puts on each year.

We had lunch when we got there and we each chose a Gyro with beef and lamb.

We split an order of Greek fries. They are seasoned with thyme and rosemary, very good.

After lunch we hit the wine stand. Greek wine is not on our list of preferred wine. Next year we'll try Greek beer.