As fall eroded into winter, a much needed blogging hiatus has proven to be very beneficial.
Looking back on the haunting images of fall, I'm reminded of just how beautiful every season can be.
Our daylily seed harvest kept us busy in the fall, dreaming of all the potential beauties in years to come:).
Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season filled with health, joy, and happiness.
This is what we found in our maple today! The colors are changing!! I think that we're in for a brilliant fall palette with the exceptional rains that we've had this summer.
My mid September garden glows with the deepening hues caused by a few early morning frosts. The hydrangea have turned a blushing warm rose.
Daylily Baby Valentine is one of the last daylilies to bloom in the garden.
Liatris has mostly gone to seed with the exception of a few stray blooms.
The obedient plant has been frolicking in the wind today~ it was hard to get a shot in focus.
Weigela is reblooming although not as profusely as in the spring.
This white phlox has just begun to bloom.
Deep purple buds of Actaea simplex~ Hillside Black Beauty, add to the intense fall palette.
Wild aster always shows up in the garden.
The last of the sunflower bloom is an interesting sight with it's large geometric form.
Other sunflowers have yet to come into their prime.
She was cute sitting on a hosta leaf with her double striped self blending in with the foliage.
And she was cute sitting on a bright pink daylily with her little green body acting as a pleasing contrast.
She is not so cute laying eggs between my deck boards.
I wonder how many grasshoppers would come from this egg sack. I don't really want to be overwhelmed with a large population, therefore I'm afraid to say that the sack is probably compost bound.
Obedient Plant~ physostegia virginiana, is an ornamental perennial which sometimes may not be considered quite so obedient due to it's invasive tendencies in fertile soil. 
Obedient Plant is also known as False Dragonhead due to it's similarity to Snapdragon. It also looks similar to foxglove in my opinion.
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Oxeye Daisy.
Privet~ has such a heavenly scent.
Daisy Fleabane.
Daisy Fleabane and Privet.
Shasta Daisies standing tall and proud:).
