Showing posts with label chrysanthemums. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chrysanthemums. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Asters alight and double...

The fabulous local farmstand has piles of gourds and pumpkins. I love how they put little signs up with the names of the produce, and sometimes interesting information like how to best cook an unusual squash. I am not sure who named this funky thing, but they "done good."



The world is suddenly filled with blooming chrysanthemums and asters, brightly colored corn and brilliant leaves in everyones yard and a low slanting light in the afternoon that sets it all ablaze. It is the exact opposite of the sign above... it's double pretty.


Friday, November 6, 2009

Frosted Chrysanthemums...

I got out of bed before dawn, and my first glimpse out a dusky window startled me. The world looked totally different. In an instant I recognized the reason... snow!

An inch of heavy, wet white frosted the ridge, the lawn, the meadow. Even the glowing yellow chrysanthemums wore a shawl of snow. And so it begins...