Difficult though it is to believe, summer is kinda, sorta starting to wind down. I can’t just say that it is ending, because that is too painful to contemplate. We still have weeks of nice weather left, but there is a definite change in the air.
And I’m wondering what it is I should do
This means that some of the plants out in the garden aren’t looking their best. We have some spent flower stalks that need to be cut down and some browning leaves and in places the weeds are still persisting. Weeds always persist. Why can’t the stuff we want persist?
Anyway – here are close ups of a few things that are looking nice, primarily because you can’t see what is around them. The centers on cone flowers are always cool and kind of trippy looking.
My friend Julie says that the stamens of daylilies remind her of fuzzy slippers and now that is how I think of them as well. This is “Edge of Paradise” and I will show you the whole flower next week.
Gazanias are one of my favorite container plants – so long as you clip the spent flowers every week or so, they will bloom right until frost. I guess that qualifies as persisting doesn’t it?
Here is something that has not yet persisted at all. My “Endless Summer” hydrangea, which has yet to give me a single flower this year. The foliage is spectacular and it’s taller than I have ever seen it, so I suspect I have been fertilizing it wrong. I stopped, and now it is just beginning to show some buds. Not sure they have time to open though, so this pretty foliage may be all we get.
Oops – now you will have that stuck in your head, won’t you? Sorry – that is the kind of week I have had and I just can’t hide anything from you people. Have a great Saturday!
Beautiful photos.
Here in my part of Canada where we live, my husband and I say we know summer is coming to a close when the CNE opens in Toronto.
Thanks for the tune that is now stuck in my brain for the day.
Bear((( )))
I love the cone flower. It looks like the terrain of a far away planet. It would be a place I am pretty sure I wouldn’t want to visit.
At least you stuck a good song in our heads… I read dooce.com the other day and STILL have a ridiculous song about a pancake stuck in play. :)
Hope you have a lovely weekend…
sara
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Wow, I see the fuzzy slippers too. That is so cool.
I love the first photo as well.
Thanks for the object lesson in perspective. :-)
Wow, awesome photos! Just beautiful, I love a good macro pic.
A big you’re welcome to everyone who thanks me for getting the song stuck in their head – if it’s any consolation, I got it stuck in my head too. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease, Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease ….
Thank you for erasing the ABBA songs which have been stuck in my head since Friday night. Especially I thank you for ridding me of Pierce Brosnan’s version of SOS. Thank you.
Yep…it’s stuck with me now! THANKS! lol.
Great photos.
=D
Your photos are Great!! I love the cone one!! Happy week Friend!hughugs
These are gorgeous! Yeah, what is up with that hydrangea? Beautiful foliage, however.