Day before Thanksgiving

It was a pleasant enough afternoon that I spent a couple of hours in my big perennial garden tidying up. There's a lot more to do yet...I always seem to be a bit behind the late fall garden chores. The garden often goes well into November before needing the final clean up, and all of a sudden it's cold and miserable making it more unpleasant than it would be normally.

In my rounds of the garden, I found this little calendula blossom bravely poking its head up. I fear that tomorrow's nighttime temps - dipping into the 20's F (around -5 C) will be the end of it. But what a joy to find something with a bit of promise and color the day before Thanksgiving!