The garden is in late stage now, a serious decline, but sunflowers typically mature and die around this time. The whole character of the garden changes, but it remains interesting.
With milder temps I spend more time on the patio, in the morning with coffee, and in the evening with wine. I just relax and concentrate on the little world of my immediate surroundings and kiss off everything else. Simplify and simplify again. Keep it simple. Narrow the focus.
That's it for the garden. Next time I'll be looking at Lubbock again. That's fine as long as Lubbock doesn't look back. That would be too scary.