Juxtaposition

I hate this time of year. I read probably 60 blogs a day in my Google Reader and over half of them are jumping for joy that its fall (or spring for my Australian friends!) and I just hate it. The beginning of fall isn't so bad because its a nice change from the scorching heat, but I hate this end part... when everything starts dying and getting cold! Examples:




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Yes, that garden in the last picture is the same garden that started like the first picture. Amazing, eh? That's what three weeks of straight rain, being in school and working full time will get you... a garden over run with morning glories! Those things are INSANE! They tangle EVERYTHING together. And the mosquitoes....horrendous. I did get quite a bounty of herbs for this late in the year before I winterized though: