{"id":685,"date":"2021-10-30T06:23:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T06:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/?p=685"},"modified":"2021-10-29T19:23:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T19:23:42","slug":"six-on-saturday-30-10-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2021\/10\/30\/six-on-saturday-30-10-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Six on Saturday 30-10-21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As we almost draw October to a close, it has to be a Halloween theme for my #SixonSaturday this week. After failing to grab shots of scary spider webs, because the pouring rain and wind had ripped them away, I give you pumpkin&#8230;.well actually a lovely squash&#8230;just the one on a plant grown up the outside of the greenhouse wall this year. I think we are are much on the outer edge of squash-growing territory.  This one will likely feature in a veg curry pretty soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"783\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/squash-1024x783.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/squash-1024x783.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/squash-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/squash-768x587.jpg 768w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/squash-1536x1174.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/squash-2048x1565.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I tried to find something spooky in the garden, this is the best I managed, the creepy tops of echinops seed-heads stalking the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/echinops-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/echinops-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/echinops-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/echinops-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/echinops-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/echinops-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With no frosts in evidence yet, calendula are bobbing their cheerful, festively coloured heads in the pouring rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"722\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/marigold-1024x722.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/marigold-1024x722.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/marigold-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/marigold-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/marigold-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/marigold-2048x1444.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not ghoulish, but soon to be ghosts (it seems to be controversial that they might overwinter in the UK), there&#8217;s the odd butterfly pottering about still.  Red admiral has appropriate seasonal colour and is enjoying nectar from the still-flowering hebe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"733\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/butterfly-1024x733.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/butterfly-1024x733.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/butterfly-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/butterfly-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/butterfly-1536x1099.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/butterfly.jpg 1779w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another splash of October colour from the nasturtium, they look a bit ragged now, but this one seems to have one of those creepy-clown-face grins that suits the theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nasturtium-1-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nasturtium-1-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nasturtium-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nasturtium-1-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nasturtium-1-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/nasturtium-1-2048x1281.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>FInally,  we&#8217;re approaching the end of the eating apple harvest, and this is what&#8217;s left&#8230;try not to notice the one or two dark decaying specimens&#8230;my creepy Halloween finale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/apples-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/apples-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/apples-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/apples-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/apples-1536x807.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/apples-2048x1076.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s my  #SixonSaturday for another week, hope you enjoyed the view. Stay safe, keep yourself and others safe by wearing a mask, and don&#8217;t forget to follow the crowd on twitter and via the web from links to the originator of #SixonSaturday, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thepropagatorblog.wordpress.com\/\">Propagator<\/a> himself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we almost draw October to a close, it has to be a Halloween theme for my #SixonSaturday this week. 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