weekly wine walk... Last night I went for a much overdue stroll through our woods. I still can't get enough of the scarlet red of the wild lilies. The setting sun light of the stroll created the perfect backdrop.
I forget about the coreopsis each year, and each July it surprises me by its masses of rich, yellow flowers. It really is a delightful addition to the gardens.
A symphony of mushrooms. Mushrooms are nothing new around our woods, but their continued variance captures my eye time and time again. There is something magical about these fungi. They pop up in the most secret of places adding a punch of personality to everything around them. Though, to be honest, I am extremely thankful to not see them as plentiful in my garden beds. Last year, I thought all I was growing were mushrooms.
I eradicated 99% of my black-eyed Susans from my main flower beds. Over three years time, they took over the beds and dominated their way over the rest of the flowers. I tried a relocation program for them, but I've run out of space. So, finally I bit the bullet and treated them like the weed they frankly had become. A few remained in the main beds and this golden beauty is one of them. I love the layers of petals. It adds an element of delicateness to an otherwise rather hardy self seeder.
Last night the woods basked in the salmon-hued glow of the setting sun. My lens could not begin to capture the serenity of the sun's hues. One glance and you are drawn in by the beckoning light gleaming off the white birch bark. It totally has a come hither draw that pulls you to follow its fading rays into the woods.
So to close, I thought it would be nice to include a quote from one of my favorite writers, Ralph Waldo Emerson... "Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."
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What a wonderful and poignant quote by Emerson. This post was just what I needed to read
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