I admit I'm a bit biased as I am born in Autumn but you've got to admit that there is a certain appeal to it. The beautifully coloured leaves giving different shades of yellow, orange, brown...the autumn rain that's so refreshing...also it's not so cold that you'd wanna run inside just as you've stepped out. Only thing I don't like about this season is that it's a reminder that I have to prepare my garden for wnter. Before that, I manage to take a picture of my blooming Dahlia. She's not going to last for much longer :-/. You see there was a strong storm that came not too long ago and blew her every which way, let's just say she's not looking too healthy. Normally what I would do is dig them up (the bulbs), wash, disinfect and dry them for next year; however I wasn't too happy about the colour of the flower. When I bought the bulb the photo on the package showed that it was suppose to be white with hints of purple. What I got was *GAR* purple with a few stripes of white. It just upset me to think that I've waited for the flowers to bloom only to be disappointed. I know the pictures don't usually tell it all but with the colours totally inverted...who could've got it so wrong? Anyhow she's a beauty right? =)
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Purple Dahlia...It should have been white
with hints of purple...Go figure <.<
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I'm excited with my plans for my garden next year, however I need the time and energy (mostly energy) to get the project started. With work and a little toddler, it's almost impossible to do anything extra shy of skipping housework. I admit I do enjoy my facebooking, my blogging (I know I know...lazy blogger <.<), my surfing, developing new recipe ideas, testing new recipes and what not, it's just hard to give up the little pleasures that you have in life that you so well deserve after a long day at work. I'm looking forward to having a break from doing anything in the garden come winter. I wonder how my hubby would enjoy the snow ploughing work this year :P. Anyhoos...it's a given that I need a full day (non rainy day) to work in the garden without the little gnome hanging on my leg all the time. I'll have to figure that one out this week...
Now you've heard about my gardening woos and my love for autumn. What's new for me? Job's the same (at least title) but the work is somewhat different. I've met new people over the past few months and I'm happy to say that it has made quite an impact in my work life. The people I've known in the past continue to enrich me and the new ones just give me new perspective. I've lost a few 'friends' but I've gain a whole lot more. I've also learnt that not everything is as it seems when it comes to work. You'll still have to sometimes face what people would call 'childish' behaviours at work from time to time. Let's just say I hope to not be working with this bunch for a long time.
Now I have to go to sleep with a bitter taste in my mouth. Yes I got ill again...actually it was the same illness I got last month. It just never got better but now it's hitting back. So I have new antibiotic pills and eye drops for the eye infection. I'm hoping that these pills will help. I really hate using medicine and hope my immune system kicks in, but as I get older and have depended on all these modern medications, it seems like a cycle I cannot get rid off. I hear a conspiracy theory coming up for the paranoid <_<". You'd think that the pharmaceutical companies are on to something eh?
