Floral Delights

I am gradually able to walk farther than the front stoop with Sugar. Along the side wall there is a trellis, up which greenery has been creeping most of the summer. I had thought the plants to be some kind of pole bean but had yet to see any sort of blossom or fruit growing.


The leaves were lush and the tendrils that wrapped around the wooden trellis were plentiful. But I had no particular expectations for flowers. Imagine my surprise when I managed to walk to the end of the sidewalk where the trellis stands and discovered that the climbing plant is a morning glory and the flowers were deep, jeweled purple!

They are perfect for attracting humming birds, and I half expected to see one hovering with its proboscis sluiced down the throat of the juiciest blossom.

I wondered what else might be in flower, and was happy to find dusky yellow cosmos nodding patiently on their stems just around the corner. The petunias were still wildly in bloom and had spread to overtake the entire flowerbed. Bushes were loaded with fragrant fuchsia flowers.

It's wonderful to have such beauty just a step from my front door. Even the tiny rose bush that I had thought was done for the year had little buds nodding on delicate stems, waiting to open and waft their perfume into the world. How glorious! The bumblebees agree.