Well. Enough about baseball in October. Let me show you the last blooms of fall in my garden. This is monks head; or aconitum, if you’re the more scientific type. It blooms very late in the season, often after a frost
The bluish purple end of the summer.
It’s very beautiful and I’m always glad to see some color in the garden this late in the year. But it,and the end of baseball, mean summer is really truly without question over.
Darn. (But click on this last picture to see it up close.)
The end.
Change Is Hard 
October 28, 2012 at 9:04 am
Beautiful monks head! The colours are so sweet and lovely.
Your header is stunning!
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October 28, 2012 at 9:56 am
That’s really pretty. What a treat to have flowers blooming in late october!
Sorry about the baseball. Bummer.
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October 28, 2012 at 10:15 am
I didn’t know that about monk’s head. Very pretty. Your Tigers get a chance to extend baseball just a little bit longer today. I was quite happy with the Tigers for firmly beating my team’s archnemesis in the AL championship.
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October 28, 2012 at 1:50 pm
Lovely photos – I have a Monks head that blooms in early spring – must be a different variety. As for baseball, last night’s game did not go as I’d hoped but still you can have great pride in your Tigers for having gotten this far. And – there is still time. Although it would be rare indeed, they could still come back and take the next 4 games.
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October 28, 2012 at 3:07 pm
I’ve never seen one of these — it’s gorgeous!!
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October 28, 2012 at 3:19 pm
That is worth the click! I love blue/purple flowers, and what a treat in almost-November.
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October 28, 2012 at 5:56 pm
Beautiful flower!!!
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October 28, 2012 at 7:54 pm
every bit of color is worth it at this time of year
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