End of Summer Display

We've been enjoying little bits of summer garden inside our house. Trying to master the zen of flower arrangements....

The victorious gladiolus and sunflower both survived chipmunks and rabbits.

Here I post the only photo from the State Fair this year. Joe and his dad were very, very disappointed that there was no shoot-out-a-star game. No huge huggable prize this year, but they managed to win a smallish Garfield at the coin-pushing-prized place.