Happy Haunted Humpday!

Happy Haunted Humpday!

It's getting spooky out there! This sunrise woke me up a few days ago and for a split second I thought the house next door was on fire! It disappeared pretty fast but stuck around long enough for me to grab my camera and take some photos. I'm sure the sky looks like this a lot of the time but I rarely catch the dawn, being more of a night owl than a morning person. Looks like it would definitely be worth it to make more of the effort in the future!

Out in the garden the pumpkins are growing and still flowering. The open blooms always make me wonder if they could have inspired the design of the five-pointed star. So how did this common flower shape end up representing the stars in the sky? Is it possible that we might have ended up singing the Zucchini Spangled Banner?

The flowers are great and it's nice that they keep blooming but it's what they produce that really matters. For some odd reason, this summer, the pumpkin vines seem to prefer to climb up the privet hedge rather than stay on the ground. The pumpkins might need little hammocks to keep from falling off the vines when they get bigger.

This one started out hanging from a branch in the weigela but has slowly reached the ground - without detaching itself from the vine! Hopefully it will get a little bigger.

Burt's pumpkin came from the Farmer's Market. It's good to have backup, even if it's destined for pie.

Meanwhile, in other parts of the garden, this summer's bumper crop of annoying insects have been very busy. Mosquitoes are always abundant here and considered permanent residents but this year's strange weather has brought out a whole variety of new bugs, too. These guys are pretty snazzy with their iridescent emerald, pink and bronze coloring.   

They made swiss cheese out of my roses before I relocated them to my neighbors yard.  

It's currently spider season and those creepy little buggers are particularly abundant this year, too.

This one has even decided to take on the wasps!

They pop up everywhere, this whopper is right next to the screen door of our patio.

She's looking very determined. Eeek!

Here she is fixing her web after I messed it up. A part of it was attached to a strawberry plant that's hanging on the side of the house. I like to know where she is before I start picking the berries but since she's the size of a golf ball, it's pretty easy to spot her.

Thanks for stopping by, see you next week! Stay Spooky!

The skeleton crew and Spencer are joining Marfi at Marfi-topia for Haunted Humpday!