End of Summer — Ooh! It Must be Nearly Christmas!
Symbolised by scarlet geraniums and a pine cone
This little encapsulation of seasons was totally like that when PupperJack and I spotted it on our amble this week. Summer and Christmas juxtaposed.
We ambled off home wondering when we could get out the decorations and sparkly lights …
On the way home, we saw these white roses — they look creamy in the photo, but in real life, they looked so white they were blinding in the sun.
Japanese anemones are considered by some to be a bit of a nuisance, but I like to see great banks of them around the neighbourhood — both the pink and the white.
There are more features of varying flavours appearing in the neighbourhood. Above is a blackboard on someone’s fence. I’m not awfully certain what its purpose is, but it does say ‘It’s a new dawn’ on it, so that’s good enough for me.
And I’ve seen some door wreaths recently — above middle pic being one of them. They’re not Christmas wreaths or autumn wreaths — they’re just door wreaths. Fab!
Then we saw this lump of stone near someone’s front door and PupperJack and I stared at it for a very long time … Until realisation dawned …
It’s an elephant! Of course it is.
Well — we think it is. We think it’s an elephant.
What do you reckon, PupperJack?
PJ: Um. Yeah. Of course, it’s an elephant.
To welcome September, here is the first verse of ‘An Ode to the Kansas Sunflower’ by Ed Blair
“Oh sunflower! The queen of all flowers, No other with you can compare, The roadside and fields are made golden Because of your bright presence there. Above all the weeds that surround you You raise to the sun your bright head, Embroidering beautiful landscapes Your absence would leave brown and dead.”
Sunflowers are Ukraine’s national flower. In folk imagery, they represent the warmth and power of the sun, and throughout history, this flower has been used as a symbol of peace.
We need to plant more sunflowers.
Dennett started the Photo-a-Day Challenge to help combat the pandemic blues. Since then many others kindly share their week with us:
Erika Burkhalter, Anne Bonfert, Tracy Aston, Lisa Bolin, Juan O. Aguilera, David Wade Chambers, June Nguyen, Mia Verita, LensAfield, Barbara Radisavljevic, Diana Lotti, Barb Dalton, Kim Zuch, K. Barrett, Penny Grubb, Ellie Jacobson, Shruthi Sundaram, Jillian Amatt — Artistic Voyages, Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles, Ann James, Louise Peacock, Jane Frost (Jane Grows Garden Rooms)
(If your name should, or should not, be on this list, please let me know.)
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