November week 2

The dreary fall weather continued most of this week. One of our nor'easters mixed with the remnants of Hurricane Ida to blow the leaves off the trees and foil my plan to get lots of fall color shots. It wasn't a total loss though. Here's what I found:

In Merchant's Square:
more ginkgo,

and our native yellow passionflower festooning a holly.

In CW:
oakleaf hydrangeas turning red,

swamp sunflower blooming it's heart out,

the unusual black fruits of bumelia,

a lovely camellia,

and colorful crapemyrtles just about everywhere.

In Walnut Hills, I stopped at an open house. It was a beautiful colonial cottage house on 1.1 acres. Can someone please lend me a couple hundred thousand dollars? I swear I'll pay you back eventually!

A couple of things I noticed in the yard:
ivy mixed with creeping fig. You don't see much of creeping fig around here, but I have seen it as far north as Richmond.

Some nice clumps of poet's laurel in fruit,

nandina, also in fruit,

a lovely Japanese maple,

and an unusual mushroom holly.Meanwhile, back at my house:
where did my patio go?

You can see the rest of my November week 2 photos here.

P.S. Thanks Cosmos for letting me use your office to post this. I hope my internet is back online soon!