Octoberfest

Evidence that autumn has arrived.

Foliage is changing colors:

Oakleaf Hydrangea

Red Maple leaves tumbling down:

 Rose Leaf

 Weeping Cherry

Other foliage wears their party dress all season:

Baptisia

Ladies Mantel

Smoke Bush

Japanese Maple

Cranesbill

Variegated Jacob's Ladder 

Many plants are producing seeds:

This crab apple will provide a free cafe for migrating birds.

Barberry

Hardy Magnolia Seedpod

Dogwood seeds

Hibiscus Seeds

Datura Seed Pod

Autumnal colors showing off:

Gloriosa Daisy

Dahlia

Montauk Daisy (a fall bloomer)

Autumn Vegetables:  butternut

Due to rainy summer and now fall, rosa still blooming:

And due to the rainy season, toadstools abundant.

There were under the rhubarb leaves.

Hoping for an extended season as cosmos are bushes and full of buds:

Hydrangea has turned lime green and crispy:

Summer blooms are still holding on this 3rd day of October:

Salvia

Butterfly Bush

 Morning Glory

Phlox

Dried sunflower heads feeding birds and chipmunks.
Missed the photo op regarding chipmunks.
Did get a couple of gold finch snaps:

The Lord will guide you always - PROTECTOR

he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land - PROVIDER

and will strengthen your frame. - PRESERVER

You will be like a well-watered garden - PRODUCTIVE

like a spring whose waters never fail. - PROMISE

Isaiah 58:11