Chuck's picture corner to Oct 25, 2026

It's been a sunny week with full moon frosty nights, the first of the season. I have been working on preserving the last of the harvest, and still have flowers that need to be dug, and roots cleaned enough to spend the winter in the cool room behind the kitchen. The long dark nights of winter are upon us.

The hot peppers that hung on the front porch for weeks, now in the dryer, now it day 3 and the air is starting to get to my eyes with drying spice.

getting ready.

the end of another day.

the decorative barberry

the calendula seed I planted just now coming to flower, I hope it survives the winter.

pampas grass

black walnut, the squirrels will take the outer spongy layer off, and dry the nut, then chew through the outer shell to finally get the nut.

cosmos seems ok with a little frost.

the last day of the daliah.

barberry fruit.

the changing colour of the forsythia 

the silver maple is getting thinner

In Oleans (Ottawa) while grandma Shawnah is at the chiropractors.

working on a last batch of chili

Enjoy the day

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