Just thought I'd share some little red things from my fig patch. As fall sets in a last wave of life pops out to give me one small shot of color.

St Jerome fig. Blue Giant fig. Nurhurskii "fig". Conadria fig. Another St. Jerome fig.
And a sleeping bumble bee. This time of the year I usually have dozens of these cute little buggers on my figs, flowers and veggies.
Thanks for stopping by.
mgg

Pictures 1,2,3 are goners.
Picture 4 is definitely a goner.
Pictures 5 and 6 are really really nice.

Thanks for sharing.

Rafed,
Thanx. Yeah they won't live much less ripen - but they are pretty. I hope at some point to get fig plants with more red on them. I think negretta gets red on its new shoots. Can you imagine a red varigated leaf? That would be nice.
mgg

Micheal,

What I meant was that they are dead. They will/could fall off to touch.
Sorry

Michael,

Nice photos! Every once in awhile its nice to see the odd side of the plant kingdom.

Nice pics Mike, curious as to why such young figs are turning color, is it the temps?

 

I found this on Atreano Gold, I was think about flicking it off

rated,
don't be sorry. I show these pictures because they are interesting. I understand those that are too late or sun burned, etc. Just sharing a few shots I thought were pretty.
thanx chris
thanx
Barry

They are interesting, from several perspectives: pigments, season, photography.

I have a caryopsis that draws bazillions of all sorts of bees, and when the weather cools, they sleep right where they took their last sip. When I step out in the morning, the bush is covered with sleeping, dew-laden bees.

Dale, I just love the sleeping bees. The wasps not as much but at least they are less aggressive this time of year. The bees are like little xmas tree ornaments and they are fun to pet on their "furry bits". Here in Va we have a ton of pollinators and next year I'll put my Mason bee boxes back up as I love the little blue bees. The whole honey bee colony collapse disorder thing is not as harmful here as 85% of pollination around here is done by "alternative" pollinators. 
I don't have apples or any orchards on this property so I'll miss the fall drunkin bee hilarity - especially the cicada killer bees. 

Michael,

Nice pictures.  Thanks for posting.

My daughters were asking about some of the wild flowers growing along the side of the road. They kept commenting on how pretty they were.  Next, they picked up some leaves from the maple in our front yard that were half red and half green. The leaves are still on our kitchen counter.

Our adopted daughters have given me a fresh perspective of the beauty of the fall season around us. They have only been in this country for one year and still see the marvels of things that we have long taken for granted.  Again, great pictures.  Thank you.

Doug, 
Thanks. How are cuttings doing?
Drank last of the coffee you sent - thx - was great.
If you decide to take the girls on a hike in SN Park please stop by.
What a wonderful thing you are doing for them - And yourselves.

Michael,
My youngest daughter still talks about your dog with the blue eyes.  I'll let you know if we make a skyline leaf drive.  We talked about it last year when they first arrived and need to find the time.  Our oldest daughter has just started volleyball and youngest wants to try basketball.  They keep us busy but are truly a joy.  Glad you liked the Ethiopian coffee.

Thanks again for the cuttings.  You sent two LSU purple, two Texas Everbearing  and an Alma. I started with two in moss, two in newspaper and one in aquatic planting medium.  The two in moss and one of the newspaper wraps are showing signs of white bumps and some small roots.  The Alma is in a newspaper wrap but hasn't been as responsive.  I'm still being patience.   The aquatic planting medium was just a mistake but you learn.   It was too wet and I just moved the cutting to wrapped newspaper.  Was excited to see the small white roots developing.  I’ll keep watching as the roots grow and then move to the next stage of into cups under florescent lighting.  

I appreciate the cuttings you sent for me to practice on and figure I will find a method that works for me and stick with it.  The heated cutting room that I saw at your home seems to be giving you great results.  Great hobby.  I am having fun!

Doug,
thx
yea I'm considering setting up more space to try and finally grow some veggies in the winter. The heat does seem to help and doesn't seem to cause any extra mold issues.
yup just keep rooting stuff til you find a method you like.
mgg