Late bloomer, favorite month and southern treat

- Late blooming bougainvillea at the building I live in.  My begonias still have blooms, too, and it's hard to think about pulling them up, as my closest neighbor has (in preparation for pansies and violas.)   Still - odd to see flowering shrubs, like the one above, while leaves are falling all around.

- That being said - October is my favorite month.  The afternoons are still warmish here in Atlanta, but lovely out and it's fun to see so many people outdoors at the park not covered in sweat.  :)

- A gathering of women at church (aka "circle"), where the treat for the evening was Coca Cola cake - a chocolate sheet cake, with Coca Cola in the cake and frosting.  It was particularly welcome since most hadn't had dinner yet (cake as prelude to dinner - I like that.)  We left after a nice hour together so we could all go home to watch the Braves in the National League playoffs.  Maybe tonight will have a better outcome for the Braves.  :)

Fall planting, leaves falling, slightly cooler weather and major league baseball playoffs - it all says fall to me.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend, my friends.