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Skeleton Leaf ...A warm, sweet breeze floated through the window as it lightly whispered "September"!  Sunshine and fluffy clouds accompanied that welcomed breeze as I drank in the beginning of the fall season.  Officially autumn begins on September 23rd this year. Le Petit Jardin needed a bit of fall clean-up as I began preparations of fall gardening chores.  It had been a difficult summer to grow much of anything.  Our spring in Ohio brought lots of raining the first months of spring which held off the growing season.  Getting passed the flooding conditions, the gardens all had a late start and Barberton was no exception.  I am convinced that sunflowers would have been wonderful in Le Petit Jardin had it not been for the terrorist groundhog who ate my tender flower starts...twice!  Oh well, I will plant again next spring.  For now I will satisfy myself with a bouquet of store bought sunflowers and dream of next year.      The lavender plants I added to my little garden

...When I had a large garden and a big house, lots of critters came to visit.  One such visitor was a little toad who didn't seem to be afraid of me at all.  I named him Hector.  He lived in the garden areas by my kitchen door.  Since he seemed to choose that area for his living space I placed a toad shed the for him. The small "shed" was actually a broken terra cotta pot.  Hector seemed to like the shed,and I would see him retreat to it during the heat of the day.  When the day finally arrived for me to move on from that property, I made sure to take the toad shed with me.  You never know...After five years of living at my current location there were no toads in Le Petit Jardin.  Today was different.  For the first time at this location I saw a little toad in Le Petit Jardin.  Needless to say, I was thrilled.  Immediately I named him Horace and have set out the toad shed for him.  How do I know Horace is a "he"?  Well, I don't.  Frankly, all toads look the