The WordPress Daily Post’s photo challenge for this week is Magic.
When sunlight kisses green leaves… There is no other logical explanation for the resulting glow. Magic.
Water, air, sunlight, and living soil. Seeds. Combined, green stems push through and leaves burst forth. Flowers follow. Then a bulge of fruit swells and ripens.
The magic of mother nature, God, and living things and sunlight.
I had a balcony garden again this summer.
The glowing leaves. The tasty peppers.
Sun Gold, Orange cherry tomatoes and powerful strawberries.
It’s not dead yet even with last night’s frost. The balcony stays a bit warmer. Though most plants are limping. They’ve reached the end of the marathon still bearing a few small fruits across the finish line. Some plants tripped and fell on mites. They didn’t fair so well.
Dragonflies visited again this year. They are always welcome to perch and rest. I get to see their wings sparkle. An insect that looked like a leaf was here too. He was new this year.
It’s a leaf. It’s a bug. It’s leaf bug. Greetings friend. (At least he seemed friendly.)
A squirrel with more gusto than his pals made the giant leap from a nearby tree to our balcony. We scared each other. He leapt back to the tree nearly missing his branch. And the sway nearly launched him back. It’s not an easy leap. I’m glad he didn’t eat many of the tomatoes. One year they ate them all. Every single one.
Somebody visited again recently. A squirrel? A bird? I only saw evidence. Not the critter. A pumpkin had been nibbled.
Nibbled pie pumpkin and winter squash. (I didn’t grow these, but I like them.)
This post was also for NaBloPoMo Day 21.
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