Sticky Dandelions: A New Leaf

Or rather an old one...
Isn't it strange how one day you can be saying things such as, "My, it is blazing hot out here...summer has certainly over-stayed it's welcome..." And the next day be saying, "Gee, it's actually pretty chilly and I'm going to grab my jacket."
Welcome to the West!
It has been rainy and cold the past several days here in the Salt Lake City. Which has been nice to save water, but a little dampening, on both my plants and my poor head. I find that my hair tends to move its way up onto my head more often in the rain...good common sense I believe. It's going to eventually end up there anyway, might as well start it out that way and save myself some time.
The leaves have been changing. You know its funny we say that. Really the leaves are getting old, but we avoid the application there and instead focus on the color change. Maybe that is something we should do as we age too...don't focus on the fact that we're getting old, just that our colors are changing. And hopefully we're making that color change a spectacular one!
I like it.
My garden decided to peeter out with the sun. Earlier this month I saw little baby squash beginning to come out and my pumpkins were getting bigger and my cucumbers were a plenty...then suddenly my little babies stopped. The vines looked saggy and some even wilted! This of course caused stunted growth and therefore I ate a watermelon last night the size of a softball, "and it tasted mighty fine, but I'd rather have a juicy BIG watermelon rind." Sorry...got off on a little tune there. So, I have begun to gather up the last of my crops and have started planning my winterizing. Bother, I was really hoping for some good sized punpkins for Halloween. But mini pumpkins are fun too! Here are some shots of my dying greens.