Pumpkin Glow

Kingwood is decked out for the Pumpkin Glow.  A great idea started by John Makley a few years back and now designed each proceeding year in more of a fashion as a money maker endeavor.  Buckeye Garden Club decorated the front gate for a couple years, but this year they switched out decorating the front gate with the Kingwood Hall Doors.  So Late Bloomers, who in past years did Kingwood Hall doors decorated the front gate as well as the corner of Trimble and Park Ave.  What a great job.  

 

 

Tricky Spring Blooms in Autumn

Hanging out at Kingwood yesterday morning.  I noticed that some of the flowers were trying to trick me that Autumn hasn't arrived.  Luckily, I know these flowers well and was not fooled by their  blooming trickery.

Autumn Crocus



Double Blooming Iris

Then I happened upon this 'Erin Prairie' Daylily.  What? A daylily budded and blooming in October?  This I don't remember.  Looked it up on backyard gardener and it does say bloom time is early spring to fall (but in October??).  Well, there ya go.  Guessing what time of year this picture was taken could be very tricky! 

 

 

at the Duck Pond

 

Headed over to Kingwood today to see what was going on.  Looks like one of today's projects was to clean out the duck pond.  The duck pond was originally built as a water reserve for a fire to the house.  But as it is now a duck pond, it needs regular cleaning.  I had a high school friend who did this as a seasonal worker many years ago.  It was his least favorite project at Kingwood.  I imagine the task has not improved over the years.  They were in the draining phase during these pictures.

 

 

I always think it funny that originally it was used to prepare for fire and now it is used to make sure the fire hydrants are working properly.  As that is how they fill the pond back up.