Autumn Garden at Gristmill We are experiencing beautiful autumn days, so we drove from New York City to Gristmill cottage in Dutchess County, where everything is changing colors and textures. The summer garden is over, but Fall is making its colorful splash with a finale of orange nasturtiums, rose-tinged hydrangeas, yellow hollyhocks and purple morning glories. My cat Tabitha, who is almost 15 years old and blind, can smell the catnip growing in plentiful supply throughout the edges of the garden and she is rolling around in a fever. Nothing is really over here; it might be a little suspended, but the temporary lull is a gift since the weeding…