PHOTO ESSAY
The Last Flowers of the Year
Another blooming post of fall’s blossoms
There are humans out there who say they aren’t flower-people. I don’t know about it but I’m sure they still smile when seeing a blossom shining late in the year.
Flowers are always beautiful to look at but on some days of the year they just stand out more than on others. And this late day in October is one of them.
A special one.
I wasn’t even looking for flowers but just wanted to capture the beauty of fallen leaves. And then somehow I found myself being surprised at how many flowers were still blooming.
These last ones I almost didn’t see because I had to squint my eyes. The sun was standing low above the horizon and I was walking toward the setting sun.
Sunflowers, yes there are still sunflowers shining even though these ones were cut down the day after I took the picture.
My dad is a bit more tolerant with green plants and colorful blossoms. He doesn’t cut them down. At least not until the birds and insects have picked the very last seed out of them.
Talking about. Here comes a willow tit feeding on the tasty sunflower seeds.
Back to the flowers. Even though it’s late in the year, you still find dandelions. In all stages. Some are still blooming while others have transformed into a blowball.
And daisies are out there in the meadows too. Maybe not as many as in springtime when their white and yellow blossoms are dominating the scenes out in the fields, but you still find a few. Even now. At the end of October.
As I’m entering my dad’s garden an orange light jumps into my eye. A bush of marigold blooming in full glory.
I get to the monk's cress just in time because a few minutes later my uncle harvests the flowers. The orange blossoms can decorate a lovely salad but he makes tea out of them.
Here we go. My floral walk through fall’s blossoms has come to an end. I hope you enjoyed these flowers and photographs.
“The earth laughs in flowers.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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