Harbinger of Fall

They have started selling chrysanthemum pots in the stores now, a harbinger of fall:

Here's another harbinger, these neighbourhood plants are called 'sedum autumn joy' and start to turn colour around this time:

Childhood Memories

I finally got the DVDs I had submitted to Costco for conversion from 8mm camcorder tape format.
They had been ready 2 weeks after submission, but somehow we had got the wrong phone number on the forms so I never received a call from them.  I got worried 7 weeks later and went to inquire and they were sitting there just under my name 'Christine' with no last name.  Luckily I had all the receipts.  L was able to enjoy a couple of them before she went back to school.  It's like a documentary, snippets of their childhood captured for all time!  The years go by so quickly and it's nice to look back on these moments.  Costco has a special of $6 off per tape until October 21st, so I will take the rest of my camcorder tapes in for conversion.  It's a bit expensive but worth it.

I bought these chrysanthemums and waited for them to start blooming. It's a real pleasure to watch them every day. They've already changed quite a bit since I took this photo.

Chyrsanthemums

Here's what they look like now

I noticed these shrubs while I was out and about and thought they gave such a pretty, 'spiky' effect.