My somewhat grainy photo of the Beaver Moon from the past weekend. The Farmers' Almanac says the November full moon got its name from the native American Algonquin tribes, as this was the month to set traps for beavers "before the swamps froze, to ensure a supply of warm winter furs." It was beautiful very early on Saturday morning, when I couldn't sleep, and wandered outside to see it.
And later that morning, beautiful fall color at the condos. Finally.
This is the dipladenia that I bought at the mountain nursery and blogged about here. I didn't realize how much it has grown, until I looked at the photo of it on that post (the third photo, taken at the mountain house, before I brought it home to the condos.) When I visited the mountain nursery last month and inquired if I would be able to keep it through the winter, the lady there said they don't winter well and she wouldn't try it. So I thought I would pay tribute to it, as its leaves turn along with the leaves on the trees around it.
