Some days the light is so pretty I just have to grab a camera and wander through the garden capturing the fleeting beauty.
The always cheerful sunflowers.
The queen of the prairie looking suitably majestic.
The hollyhock that self seeded, and finally bloomed this year came in a huge variety of colours from palest yellow to darkest red.
Late evening sun through the Echinacea.
This calla lily was given to me about 15 years ago. Having no idea of what to do with it over the winter, I cut back the leaves and put it in the basement in a dark corner.
The next spring after re soaking the pot the new leaves started to poke through the soil to reward me with another summer of beautiful leaves and flowers.
Every year since I have treated it just as casually, and every year no matter how late into the summer I return, as soon as I start watering it, it pokes its new growth up. Except for a little compost to top dress it once in a while I do nothing else . I don't know what the experts advise and I'm not sure I want to know.
With the recent frost advisories it is time to cut back the leaves and find a cool dark corner to store it in for yet another winter.
The last few days have been cold and bitter, so soon I know all I'll have to remind me of this years garden here will be these pictures.
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