Morning sun, night stars

[neverspent]

A few of the summer flowers continue to recover and bloom, some for the first time, now that the weather is more moderate. My dad's poor zinnias were pitiful looking through July and August, but two weeks ago I went out in the morning, and in the rich, early light they were beautiful. I caught a little brown skipper butterfly resting on one.





This week, it's colder and in the mornings, frost. The grackles are back for the winter: some are passing through, some will stay, filling the oak trees with their squeaky-door cries.

Now it's night, clear as a bell, and I can see the Milky Way.

Comments

[shinsetsu]

You can barely kill zinnias. They're pretty hardy. :)

[shinsetsu]

Off topic, but my friend asked me what kind of tree this might be in this painting, and of course I have no idea, but I bet you know. :)



You can right click and view a larger version.

[neverspent]

They sure are! I wasn't surprised so much, I suppose, as pleased. They didn't bloom at all during the months they usually do, but it's not too uncommon here for summer plants to actually go dormant in the summer and perk up in the fall. Good job, Nature! :)

[neverspent]

Sorry I left this reply so long -- I kept forgetting to look at it on a bigger screen where I could see better.

Hard to tell for sure because the blossoms are impressionistic and their shape isn't precise, and the bark isn't clear, but the presence of green leaves on the tree along with the pinkish white blossoms reminds me of an apple tree. But there are so many varieties of fruit trees, I certainly don't know them all.

Gorgeous painting, anyway! :)