A few short weeks ago, one large bee, centered inside the one sunflower that came up volunteer this summer.

Now that sunflower is withered, gone, dead.

 

IMPERMANENCE!

Zooming out, to where the old, decayed sunflower is barely noticeable . . . See it? Slightly above center.

Meanwhile, there are still lots of flowers, most of them small, like the cosmos above.

Wonder what’s top right? That’s chicory, with my beloved “chicory blue.”

Meanwhile, the surprise lilies came up, all of a sudden, all over the place. HOW do they arrive? The squirrel relocation program? Bird droppings? Both? I did NOT plant a single one. This year, way more than ever.

During a large wind-whipped storm when, two weeks ago, a lot of the surprise lilies  bent over to the ground. Oh good! We can bring some of them in to grace the table in front of my young eyes contemplating the universe!

Finally, noticed this little gem the other day, a tiny bouquet placed inside a big old mushroom.

Of course! This just had to be Joseph’s handiwork!

I asked him.

Yes.