In our own back yard

Yesterday I found a solution to my phone/camera security problem. I looked through my collection of half a dozen digital cameras, all of which have wrist straps. And I found a strap that will work with the phone. So I strapped it to my wrist yesterday morning and went outdoors to take a few pictures around the back yard.

The hot dry weather we had from mid-June until mid-September got the best of our artichoke plants. The first photo above is a long shot and the second one is a closer view. No worries. We'll cut the tall stalks down to ground level and the plants will come back from the roots next spring.

I don't remember having so many Queen Anne's lace (carotte sauvage) plants in our back yard in past years. They came up spontaneously in August.

We seem to be seeing more and more cyclamen plants like these in the back yard. These are the early ones that come up and bloom in the early autumn. There's another variety of cyclamens that come up in the yard in early February. Something to look forward to...