Sunflower garden

Our garden is gearing up towards fall... The berries are all about picked and have stopped production and the peas are just on their last leg as well. The fall hydrangea is blooming (see my last garden post for pictures of that) and my asters are looking as though they're going to be opening in the next week or two! I love this time of the year, even though it is quite sad in a way to see the summer ending. 

But I love fall. A lot. And as I grow older/live in Finland longer, that love grows each year. 

There is still some summer love left to be had though, the roses are blooming on their second round and the sunflowers have mostly opened! 

No matter how many rose pictures (ahem, flower pictures in general) I take, I still fall in love with them. This camera rocks my socks. These roses even more so!

Double-headed!

Here is a rather good example of the difference in raspberry species. The smaller one was on the garden when we took over, we added some of the jumbo brand when we started  here all those years ago.

We ate this salad after our gardening trip: tuna, chickpeas, tomato, cucumber, bell pepper, nectarine, lettuce, feta and caesar dressing. Mmmhmm. 

I made another batch of nutella meringues, but I failed miserably to actually take them to school like I had planned. They are just too good to share! Lol! 

I baked a nutella cake, but I am frosting it today, I want to play around with those decorating tips and such. Hopefully it turns out nice enough that I can post pictures and not be embarrassed, haha. 

Our puppy is not so much a puppy anymore... He's just a couple days shy of 11 months. :( He still acts like a puppy though, even though he weighs well over 40kg/80lbs and is 72cm/28in tall (when last measured at the shoulders). My baby is a big guy!

That's all today. I have packing, repairing Koda damage (from puppy days) and cake decorating on my agenda today. I could probably take a look at school stuff too. Oh gee. 

Thanks for reading!