With spring well and truly here, it’s time to take off the lens covers and get ready for another season of FotoFriday! I think we were all hoping for some exciting winter scenes — but this was not to be.
Hey, Mr Postman ---
I have a rather interesting fall rural mailbox scene from a farmstead just down the road from Jennie’s . This farmer also likes to gussy up his barn with simple planters that never look out of place in the country.
Thanksgiving feast for a hungry squash borer.
Sue will be back in the director’s chair next week, with possibly some very interesting nature scenes from her recent time in Mississippi. In the meanwhile, please send her your apple and cherry blossom and other springtime photos. She can “fix” just about anything from a wedding reception to fuzzy photos — so don’t be put off if your snapshot isn’t of magazine quality! We want to see what interests you, and what’s in your garden.
Ornamental Kale
Frank.
Monroe County Master Gardener Association 
LOVE THE PHOTOS FRANK! Never thought of using ornamental kale in early spring – beautiful!
Thanks, Naida!
I thought it was a nice composition. When you visit Jennie next, this farm is the first on the right on her street. Sorry, I shot this scene last fall around Thanksgiving. But you raise an interesting point. What if one could start some of this Kale in early winter and grow it indoors in a pot – and use it as you suggested? It would certainly get people scratching their heads wondering how a fall veggie made it through the winter.
I must apologize for double posting this article. Sharon told me that the text was cut off by the photos. If you log onto the blog directly and not from the email link, you will get the correct version.
Winnie asked if the foliage on the lower RHS side of the kale close-up was garlic mustard. The leaf certainly looks like it when compared to what I have growing in my fence rows. Maybe we could ask Jennie to drive down the road and take a bite out of one of the leaves and let us all know?
I will ask Sue to clean up my posting screw-up.
Frank