I can’t take credit for planting them, but I love the dependable, gorgeous colours my chrysanthemums bring to the yard each fall – white, pink, yellow, orange. Still covered in bees, these are not delicate flowers. The frosty temperatures we had last week didn’t harm their little faces at all! I haven’t done it yet this year, but I love to snip a short stem full of blooms and place them in water, low to the vase. It’s like a ready-made, elegant bouquet! Just make sure they aren’t covered in little bugs. I made that mistake last year!
What is this interesting-looking thing?
My lovely fall bouquet
Today’s the first day where it’s actually started to feel a little like fall. There’s a slight wind here in Toronto and it’s overcast and raining. We’ve had a very warm September until now. Even Northern Alberta, Vancouver and Whistler, where I spent the last week, have enjoyed an unusually warm fall. Only a few leaves here and there were beginning to turn various shades of gold in Northern Alberta, but everywhere else still seems fairly green.
My first real glimpse of fall colour is in this lovely ‘welcome home’ bouquet that greeted me when I returned from my trip. Especially interesting are the red and furry, pie-slice-shaped flowers. I have never seen them before. My fiancé said they were called ‘high fives’ until I realized he was pulling my leg. Does anyone know what these are?
(photo taken with a Kodak EasyShare M381 digital camera)
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