Morning light

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 I took a few photos the other morning, they feel fallish I thought I'd share.  Also with the time change coming up it felt like I should. In 2018 California overwhelmingly passed Prop 7, to stay permanently on Daylight Savings Time.  However, it needs a 2/3 majority of both the State Assembly and Senate and a signature from Newsom I believe.  GET ON IT!  Give the people what they want! The morning sun first hits the back of the house, and this wall of pots.

At this time of year, the slope above the pool doesn't get lit up until a few hours later.  In spring and summer, this area is full sun all day.  Feels a little gloomy when it's shaded.

The Hakea leaves are as pretty as the blooms.
I like how the base of the Yucca filamentosa was glowing. From Annie's Annuals.
Heat Miser.  
Baby Silver torch, and a Puya that I'm hoping will finally put out a bloom in 2025? Maybe.  
From the other side.
Aloe castanea, cat's tail aloe.  Also from Annie's Annuals.  
A bit of a wounded golden ball notocactus.  
My first Aloe plicatilis, fan aloe.  I almost killed him a few years back.  But we made up and he's fine now. Jk, I just moved him to a warmer, better draining site.
The incredibly messy, but beautiful Pepper tree - I can sit and watch the debris falling, falling into my yard.  There is a wood pecker pecking away up there, but you can't see him in the photo.
I believe this is an Alexander King Palm, I got it at Lowe's or Home Depot on clearance.  I planned on using it to shade other plants, but it's grown on me.  They like full sun, but Livermore full sun is a different story.  It spends a good part of the year very scorched.  I don't know if I should move it, or perhaps it will get used to the heat as it grows.  The trunk and fresh leaves look lovely.  
I like how Aloe Helenae swirls her leaves out.
A nice stout Aloe ferox, I'm excited for aloe blooms this year.  Hopefully!

And you wonder why I haven't been showing the front perennial garden?  Ha ha, it's COVERED in leaves and is looking incredibly messy!  

I do a half-hearted clean of the pathways, and let the leaves in the growing beds stay put.  
I'll do a proper clean up when all the leaves have fallen. I think I have a few weeks...
Have a great weekend, enjoy your extra hour!

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