Fall Cutback

 Above:  Summer was the wrong time to move the 'Davids Choice' Abutilon, so I cut back the Hydrangeas covering it up, enabling it to survive.  It rewarded me with a flower

The smoke has cleared. The temperatures have fallen.  Cutting and clearing summer growth for autumn fire safety commenced. 

Unlike me, the Zephyranthes candida apparently enjoyed the heat.  

The number of flowers open at any one moment tripled.  Was it the heat, or the extra irrigation? 

During the long miserable heat, this view out the front window was a nice if momentary distraction from the misery of staying indoors. 

Staying indoors feels like this: 

Photos of overflowing green-waste bins are not all that interesting, so that's all I have for this post.   

A new word:  doomscrolling:  "the act of endlessly scrolling down various news sites and social networks reading bad news."  

So, for mental health I've drastically cut back the internet lately.  Because there's just too much bad news to read, and reading it really, really hurts. 

  Put down the internet when you start to feel bad.  Just put it down.

After a terrible ordeal, surely there will be fresh, new growth.

Best wishes!