In just two days, September will be here. It always marked the true end of summer to me, even though the days were often still hot, the light had already begun to shift and the days were getting ever so slightly shorter. As a kid, I hated it. As an adult, I often think about how I have missed most of summer and how did that happen??
When I was a kid, summer lasted forever, now it seems like it is two weeks long. How did I miss vacation time? And not having a pool to laze in and swim in, that is the thing I most miss about living in Florida. I would get up in the early morning, make coffee and slip out to the pool and swim laps - fast and slow, and sip my coffee while everyone slept.
This summer I saw the daylilies and then the rain and weeds came. I sprained my ankle, and walking on the uneven ground of my gardens to do weeding was out...so the weeds have won this year.
I do love the change in the greens at this time of the year. The bright spring greens are wonderful, but the complexity of the greens as they age and darken is something I enjoy watching. As I walk my dogs each morning, I have been seeing lots of purple flowers. Why so many purple flowers in fall?
Thistle
Joe Pye Weed and Ironweed
Flax on the roadside
Here's one of my hydrangeas that has been incredible this year. It is at the end of its season.
And I always love the Queen Anne's Lace (Not purple!!)
What kinds of flowers and foliage are you seeing where you are right now??
We'll be doing a drawing (random number generator) of one winner if you make a comment by the end of August!! The prize will be one skein of Yummy 2-ply Sock and we'll include a pattern of Martina Behm's Miss Winkle.
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I live in Illinois but am a Virginia girl at heart. Summer has always meant an abundance of honeysuckle. I remember plucking those little white flowers and tasting the sweetness lying therein.
Mums and lots and lots of anemones!
Bougainvillea, roses, marigolds, and zinnias!
We had a great summer of fun with the kids, camping and enjoying nature. Now we are enjoying all the veggies in our garden and trying to squeeze in summer fun when we can.
Here in Seattle the leaves are barely starting to turn. I am ready & waiting for my favorite season to arrive!
Here the green hills turn to brown before summer. But there is nothing prettier than sunset light shining on the brown hills, and it’s getting earlier every day. The hills will green up again when it starts to rain in November or December (we hope), and wildflowers will bloom again in January or February.
My yellow dahlias are stunning. They are as big as dinner plates and the color reminds me of some of your beautifully variegated yellows.
Wonderful red spikes things that I keep meaning to learn what there called, so maybe, someday, I’ll plant some in my garden. And the hope of cooler weather to come. I’m not a big summer fan. Maybe if I moved north. I live just outside Washington, DC.
I LOVE fall. The color of the maple leaves, the changed to the color of Lake Geneva and cool of the nights. Although not an artist at all, I love to try drawing Queen Anne’s Lace and enjoy the Bachelor Buttons and the QA Lace along the roads. My dad passed away last fall, but he would collect all the red Geraniums that others didn’t want and my mom has a greenhouse full of the red blossoms he collected over the years. Yes, I love the fall and it its explosion of colors.
Crape Myrtle bushes are blooming and everywhere you look there is a sea of red. Mum’s will be out soon and this reminds me of high scool football games when your sweetie brought you a huge one to pin on your lapel.