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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Clematis and Cake

A wonderful sign that Autumn is very close by! My "Sweet Autumn" clematis, which is a fall bloomer and a prolific climber, growing bigger every year!! It does smell sweet.

Sweet Autumn on my front porch (climbing into the Japanese Weeping Cherry Tree)

Close up of Sweet Autumn's blooms
Chilly these last few nights, and now we have a frost advisory for tonight. Bring on the pumpkins and mums!!

Here's some photos from our birthday celebration the other night:

The cake, the all important dessert. Nick asked for a Marble cake.

Spoonfuls of chocolate on the vanilla batter

Using a knife to swirl the chocolate

Just out of the oven

Frosted and candles lit up

Nick, age 25

Wishing everyone well. Enjoy the last few days of summer. Soon the leaves will begin their Autumn Show!
Delightful!!!!

10 comments:

jaz@octoberfarm said...

happy birthday nick! my clematis started flowering last week. i love that stuff! it is nice and fall-ish here right now!

The Happy Whisk said...

It's been autumn here for a bit now and I LOVE IT. Cheers and boogie boogie.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Beautiful marbleizing!

The Boston Lady said...

Nice cake! And I envy your frost warnings. I will welcome some cooler weather here for sure soon. Looks like the birthday boy had a good day. Ann

Magic Love Crow said...

How come I wasn't invited over for cake? That looks so yummy! My favorite! It is ;o) Hope I get some cake tomorrow ;o) Your clematis is amazing! Big Hugs Robin ;o)

Jeanne said...

What a yummy looking cake. :0)
And your clematis is gorgeous! You will need to start a plant or two for your new place. The clematis here is in full bloom. But no frost warnings yet.

Ashling said...

What a very different variety! It's been awhiel since I've popped by your blog; looking forward to catching up!

Elaine said...

Very pretty marble effect on the cake!

So excited that Autumn is almost here! My favorite season is upon us!

Unknown said...

Superb work on the cake. Really excellent. Travesti

Anonymous said...

We had frost here last night, the second for this autumn.

I have one yellow clematis that flowers from early spring until late autumn, the other ones are late summer fklowering here.

Have a great day!
Christer.