Fall.................. in Florida???

(Tree in my front yard)

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Hello Sweet Friends,

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Hope your Tuesday is going well.  Mine has been good so far.
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  Thought I would show you that we do have some semblance of Fall in Florida.

Not with Temperatures tho,  course,  we are gonna go in the upper 60's this

weekend supposedly,  WOW  sub 70 temps. Scary!!  lol

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Now  Did you notice how sparse my tree is................

That would be because they have been dropping these

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Now ours do not turn a pretty color before they drop, they are just

 maybe a lil yellow with ugly brown spots or just brown when they fall,
 at least this tree anyway.

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The neighbors that gave it to us called it a Maple Tree,

and others have said it is a Sweet Gum Tree,

or maybe it should be called a Sycamore Tree,

cause it drops those torny lil ball thingies all over

the ground at certain times of the year,  winter or

early spring maybe.  I forget!  and they call those

Sycamore balls.  So who knows what kind of tree

it really is..............

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The upside is it looks beautiful and gives nice shade

 in the spring and summer,  and it is a great source of free mulch

in the Fall.  I was out there this morning  raking up leaves

and replenishing our flower beds.  We use pine bark

in the spring,  but after all the Fla. rains in the summer you

have those bare spots where all the mulch gets washed

away,  so I fill in with the leaves,  works great and sort

of refreshes our look until next spring.

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Just wanted you to know you weren't the only ones who

had to rake leaves,  us Florida folk have to do it too!

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Course,  sometimes we just let the mower eat them if

we don't need them for mulch!!   Yes,  we are still

mowing,  and tonight is the nite probably.  We are waiting

for a good cold snap so the grass stops growing so much.

Maybe soon folks,  we can always hope!!

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Course,  then we probably want be seeing these lil

beauties for too much longer.

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They are called Red Hot Hibiscus.  They are pretty small.

Had to hold it up to get a decent pic.  They are so cute,

I just love them!  The bush also has beautiful foilage as well.

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Well,  have a great Fall Day wherever you live,

This morning felt like Fall,  right now it feels just like summer!!

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Remember "To Every thing there is a Season and

a Time to Every Purpose under the  Heaven."

Ecclesiastes 3:1

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Have a Great Evening!!

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Hugs and Blessings,

Nellie