The Flower of the Day is the Canada Hawkweed. It appears in August and stays until late September. I don't know if it is a legal or illegal immigrant, but then we don't worry about Canadians all that much.
Important at this time of the year are fall leaves and fall colors. I never get my fill of them. I hope you enjoy the pictures that are included.
Also important at this time of the year as we move from summer to winter is Halloween. Halloween has an interesting history. It originally was a Celtic feast and its original name may have been Samain. The Celts were a very superstitious people and they saw the time of seasonal change as being very dangerous times of the year. And none was seen as being quite as dangerous as the passage from fall to winter, because for the Celtic people, this was the time of the year when all of the forces of evil and death were released from the underworld to celebrate the final death of nature, and the coming of the dead and the gloomy season of winter. The Church in its wisdom tried to divert the people from their association with demons by establishing All Souls' and All Saints' Days, but it was not very successful, because there is still a lot of Samaintide with us today. And this evening the ghouls and the walking dead, the spooks and the demons, the ghosts, the haunts, the hobgoblins, the evil spirits and the "little people" who drove the ancient Celts to a last frenzy of fear before the dark days of winter set in were seen on our streets and at our front doors. Fortunately for us they were quite benign. They only demanded treats
How fun - all your trick or treaters. We had "0." Not even the twins across the street were out. Love the photos of the leaves - and all the wildflower pictures from the very beginning.
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