Rottweilers. Computers. Cameras. World Domination. Not necessarily in that order.
The chrysanthemums came back a little later than last year and I think they will be leaving a little later as well.
What we thought was “just a few” green onions added to the pot ended up choking out quite a lot of the chrysanthemums. We weren’t sure they would even be back. And in fact, none of the white ones returned. But the purple ones powered through and prevailed.
(NaBloPoMo | November ’12: 7 of 30)
Well, they’re not quite gone yet. Our chrysanthemums made their first appearance again right on schedule in early October, but their time of glory is starting to come to an end.
The beginning…
I have a strange fascination with the whole idea of perennials. Going dormant underground to survive a harsh winter and coming back around to life only for the best season of the year — fall — seems very cool to me. I’m also intrigued by the fact that they’ve changed their color mix over the years. They started out as an almost equal mix of pink-purple and white blooms. But this year there were no white blooms at all.
The end…
Still so pretty but you can see the older blooms starting to wither away.
(NaBloPoMo | November ’11: 6 of 30)
They peeked out at the beginning of October and flourished through the rest of the month.
But now they are fading away…
Sad to say, winter must be on its way.
(NaBloPoMo | November ’10: 11 of 30)
Dan and I both thought there would be more white blossoms in the mix. The white ones also showed up late to the party, well after most of the purple ones were in.
(NaBloPoMo | October ’10: 24 of 31)
If I had my act together, I would have taken this photograph from the same vantage point with the same camera at the same time of day as the photo I took last week. Sorry, just not that organized!
To make up for my lack of organization, here is a closer view. So many more chrysanthemum flowers this week!
(NaBloPoMo | October ’10: 14 of 31)