View from the Top

It's starting to feel like Fall.... at least in the evening and early morning. The sunflowers are seeing their last days; their heads taking their final rotations along with the sun. The birds have striped them from their seeds and many of the the petals have dropped.  The days are shorter. I'm enjoying my garden and harvesting while I can. These next couple of weeks are going to peel off the calender rapidly. I like to take pictures of my yard every year just to see how the trees have developed (and what I have changed landscape-wise) around my house. So, here is a view from the top........ of my roof  ;)

 

Those were taken last week when the daytime temperatures were still getting into the 90's..... since then we've had I think several inches of rain.
The other day I noticed a familiar, annoying sight. The leaves and some stems missing from many of my tomato plants. I looked around, knowing of course what to look for. I just didn't expect to find a tomato worm in this color:

Usually they are green....... at least that's what I was looking for! Although with this black color it made it easier to hunt down and destroy. lol

Ewwww, this is one creepy crawly I don't mind grabbing by the horn and flinging.......

I've had to deal with many annoying pests this year, including skunks, rabbits, gophers, and deer. But, who can blame them when there is a delicious vegetable garden so close by.
At least we haven't had raccoon! (yet)........