What's Bloomin'

Yes, I did miss the bloomin' post last week...but I was so busy putting together the before/after pictures, I just hoped you didn't mind having flower pictures for a week.

Besides, there wasn't anything new blooming, so it's not like you missed out.

This week, though, we have chrysanthemums popping up. 

In the front yard, a lovely orange

In the backyard, a rust-colored flower highlighted by the
yellow black-eyed susans in the background

Doesn't that mean that autumn is coming? Oh, I sure hope so...I am super-tired of days that are over 90 degrees. We have had over a month of them. I'm sure there are places that are worse (thinking of Tucson, Arizona, here), but I still like to complain in my blog. 

I also had this yellow flower that seems new to me. If you've seen it before here, just ignore it and be amused by that dark pink draping plant behind it. I've never seen anything like it - and really wish it had a name that I could look up. It's so unusual, and pretty besides.

Hope your weather is starting to cool off - and that you are liking it!