the process

It’s a process.
The May part is fun, full of hope and expectation.
But the October part, not so much.

dahlias

maybe this season’s last cut flowers from the garden

fall pastels

wordless wednesday

~ wordless wednesday ~

one more

one more day til fall

photographed 9/18/20

to seed

Only one plant’s got purple flowers left. The rest have gone to seed.
The butterflies and birds still like them, I think, so that’s an excuse to let them be.

coneflower

colorful

They’re kind of red, kind of orange, maybe a dark coral.
Dahlias.

dahlias

I’m like the farmer’s market. What I have right now is flowers. In another month, I guess it will be falling leaves or leafless trees. But … for now … my dahlias this year are the best I’ve ever had and I’m giving them their day.

a.m.

sunpatiens in the morning light