Autumn abated early when we experienced our first snow accumulation in early September. The wonderful moisture and warmer temperatures that followed tricked my garden into thinking winter had passed. Many of my flowers began trying to bloom again!
Indian Summer brought back a few hardy polinators and leafeaters, too.
the little Nikon
the iPhone
the little Nikon
the little Nikon
Because my Big Gun was in surgery, I was forced to try to capture this splendid phenomena with the iPhone and the little Nikon point-and-shoot. They do okay.
the little Nikon
the iPhone
Thankfully, my Nikon D300 came back just in time to catch the biggies! One of the day lilies I planted at the end of August wasn't supposed to bloom or even grow until next summer. It quickly made a triple fan and began shooting tiny little buds skyward in October!!! A glorious but stubborn hyacinth, which doesn't get as tall, wasn't expected to display its true colors again until next April or May.
I hoped each of them would hold on until the Big Gun returned. Or that the mercury wouldn't drop below 32 degrees again until afterbloom.
Be careful what you ask for. You might just get it.
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The first ones aren't bad indeed, but you can tell the difference with the big gun.
ReplyDeleteMe too, Pat. Macros are ALWAYS better with The Big Gun...
DeleteYour photos are so indicative of this time of year. I just looked around one of my own gardens to see what's new!
ReplyDeleteOurs finally comes to an end tonight, Karen. Hard freeze. Had to kiss the day lilies goodbye until next summer...
DeleteJust spectacular, right down to the beautiful bachelor's button at the end!
ReplyDeleteToo bad those rascal bachelor buttons are so prolific, though, Fundy. Boy, do they sport the most phenomenal shade of blue!
DeleteWe had the same thing happen here. It's wonderful, isn't it? Flowers when you least expect them.
ReplyDeleteThose hyacinths and daylilies - wow!
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Amazing.
It has been like a dream, Sue. I can't believe we got an extra six, nearly seven weeks out of my garden. I brought in the peppers tonight to see if I can coax them through the winter. In the past, the shock has been a difficult transformation for them, but some have started blooming and peppering again by February, so fingers crossed...
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Well, Yahoo is down and will be back later, so I guess I'll check out your link another day when I actually have signal...
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