I went in search of autumnal yellow flowers and here’s what I found.
There were more than I expected – a very bright and cheery find.
Happy Friday.
September 26’s Friday Fleurday
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September 19’s Friday Fleurday
Today’s fleurday has a visitor.
I saw this lovely dragonfly – technically, a blue-eyed darner – resting on one of the impatiens flowers hanging above our deck. I was very happy to see it because we have had a huge crop of spiders this year and dragonflies love to invite them for lunch!
This one seemed to be drowsing in the warmth of the sun; it rested there for about an hour before flying away on those transparently beautiful, gossamer wings; they’re so delicate looking but extremely strong.
I love the impatiens flowers but I love even more the fact that the dragonfly stopped for a little rest in my deck garden.
Happy Friday.
September 12’s Friday Fleurday
September lovelies!
Happy Friday.
Reblog: Butterfly Beauties
Now that the nights are becoming much cooler, the Butterflies and Blooms exhibit at the Chicago Botanic Gardens has closed for the season, so I was …
Butterfly Beauties
A gorgeous collection of butterfly pictures from Sue at The Nature of Things. Please click the link above to see more of her beautiful nature photography.
September 5’s Friday Fleurday
I posted about colour-shifting hydrangeas last week but since they’re so beautiful and in the middle of their annual costume change, I’m visiting the same topic yet again but this time regarding a different type of hydrangea.
An hydrangea that shifts from red to purple, blue or purplish-blue and back to pink or red again is a “Bigleaf” hydrangea that is reacting to soil ph levels. In one of the city parks there’s one of those; it puts on a magnificent colour show all summer long and well into autumn.
This hydrangea is not to be confused with the “Cardinal” hydrangea that blooms red and stays in that colour zone throughout the summer, though. I posted about that type of hydrangea a couple of years back.
Above and below are a series of pictures from this spring and summer showing its beautiful progression. All photos show the same hydrangea shrub.
When it completes its final metamorphosis back to red I’ll post more pictures of this beautifully variable hydrangea.
Happy Friday.
August Retrospective
August is usually very hot at its start and becomes cooler towards its end. Not so this year, here at least. Our opening temperatures were somewhat lower than usual but as the month progressed, we became consistently hotter, especially over the last couple of weeks. Nevertheless, as summer winds down – it officially ends on September 22, just over three weeks from now – here’s a look back.
We’re still in slo-mo as it remains very hot, so our summer may linger past its official end date.
Happy Sunday.
August 29’s Friday Fleurday
I love watching the colour progression of hydrangeas as they move through the summer.
The photos above and below are from mid-July when this large, gorgeous hydrangea shrub was in its creamy white stage.
Since this is a vanilla fraise (strawberry vanilla) hydrangea however, it has now begun its seasonal change to pink.
The photo above shows the gentle start of a blushy-pink tone but as time goes along, this colour strongly asserts itself.
I like this colour contrast between the blue sky and the rosy pink hydrangea.
It’s amazing how wonderfully these flowers last and change over a period of about two to three months.
These hydrangeas will eventually fade to brown but for now they look lovely in their cream and rose pink late summer dress.
Happy Friday.
Purple Power
Lavender loves the Okanagan Valley weather and has been growing and developing well all summer; it’s now being harvested and sold at shops or markets or it and its products are being processed and packaged for distribution all over the world.
The glorious scent of the lavender stalls at the Penticton market can be detected far and wide.
The bees adore these plants and settle on them in their thousands, it seems. Like humans, they can’t stay away from that beautiful summery perfume and, of course, the lavender nectar.
For a while it was seen as a very old-fashioned fragrance but its sheer loveliness and usefulness has thankfully overcome that stigma.
According to aromatherapy principles and medicinal practice, lavender isn’t just a pretty-smelling face. It’s a very relaxing and calming scent that promotes sleep while a topical application of lavender oil can help heal minor wounds and a lavender tea can calm an upset stomach. Pretty great for such a simple plant.
Happy Thursday.
Reblog: The Survivors
We finally have some rain. It is supposed to continue through the night. It has been a long dry summer with only a couple of short showers to get us …
The Survivors
In spite of the drought, here are some beautiful garden pictures from Jenn at Still Bitchy After Sixty. Please click the link above to see more of her garden photos.
August 22’s Friday Fleurday
In this hemisphere summer is starting its slow slide toward autumn. Although the temperatures are still high and lots of people are on holidays, the angle of the sun and the shorter days are highlighting the age of the season. I’m also starting to see it in the types of flowers that prefer this time of year.
Yellow coneflowers (with some barberry in the background that’s beginning to turn red) …
… and mountain hydrangeas are obvious examples …
… but so are these pretty pink roses; they definitely have a late season look about them.
Happy Friday.
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