Morning dew, summer residual

     The dew is heavy, bubbly, and dripping, the sun new, warm, and encroaching. Flowers often look their best after a fresh shower of dew with just a wee bit of heat lamp lighting them up. 

     Not only the daisy seems to know the season is coming to a close and wonders, as they show their finest as well as fading petals, do they love me, do they love me not. 
     We honor nature and all life by taking time to walk quietly, patiently, at various times of the day and season to observe nature, to breathe in her wonders - a vast array of color and splendor right now. Individual characteristics and variations intertwine with light, water, and air. 

Pollinators and predators of wing and foot, 

 White-marked Tussock Moth caterpillar. Its hairs cause allergic responses

with some. The female is flightless. The white protrusions on top are called tussocks.

Tobacco hornworm

of speed and sloth feed and are consumed upon, prepare to die, or prepare to sleep. Summer, plants and much of the small wildlife languishes, but for now much is alive, colorful, active, and outside for us to enjoy.

 

 

This is also HARVEST TIME: Check out the Green Mountain Compost photos in the SHOW YOUR BOUNTY CONTEST and like your favorite. We hope you like ours the best, however they are all wonderful photos of harvest time. View and vote with likes here https://www.facebook.com/greenmountaincompost/photos/fpp.136564393111600/1490668224367870/?type=3&theater

This is one of our entries to the contest. Alysa Craig's onions were quite the catch for us this year.

Comment from our neighbor: Nice ball. I grew blue and green ones this year. Maybe we can swap seeds.

This is our second entry. Garlic Clover flowers are a very popular attraction to pollinators.