Autumn mix

As we begin Autumn, it would be a good time to review the ground cover that spans my main rose bed.  The moss is getting greener, the liverworts persist in selected pockets, and the sagina (see Wikipedia) is turning brown and setting seed for another year.  Slime mold (you might have to check Wikipedia again) has made an appearance for the 5th year in a row, although later this year because of my changed watering pattern -- less frequent but somewhat deeper.  What would a garden be without some slime mold, like the kind seen in the second photo below.  You can also just catch a glimpse of it in the first photo -- just to the right of the sixth rose along the fence.

Early Autumn
Photo taken:  September 25,  2019

Slime mold
Photo taken:  September 25,  2019

Update of September 27, 2019:             For the first time ever, yellow slime mold has appeared in my rose garden.  It is really quite striking compared to the white variety that has visited the garden for the past 5 years.  It suddenly appeared yesterday, and was ready for a photo opportunity this morning.  It appeared close to the base of one of my 'Queen Elizabeth' seedlings which is displaying some very pretty blooms in late September, as you can see in the first photo below.  There's the yellow slime mold in the second photo, conforming to the jagged shapes of the bed of moss.

Photo taken:  September 27,  2019

Yellow slime mold
Photo taken:  September 27,  2019

Kaleidoscope roses

Sometimes I like to show my roses in a different light, and today it will be through the lens of a kaleidoscope.   I had a notion that somewhere out on the WEB was a site that allowed one to run their photos (in my case, rose photos) through some kind of magic kaleidoscope generator.  Lucky for me, I found a great site that allowed me to convert a couple of my photos.  The results were pretty decent, as you can see below.  The roses are seedlings derived from a 'Queen Elizabeth' parent.

Here's a link to the website that I used -- http://funny.pho.to/kaleidoscope-photo-effect/