Painted Lady

 

Field Skipper

Echinacea and Field Skipper in a Colonial Williamsburg's garden.

Eggplant

Figs

 

 

"Nothing important comes into being overnight; even grapes and figs need time to ripen. If you say that you want a fig now, I will tell you to be patient. First, you must allow the tree to flower, then put forth fruit; then you have to wait until the fruit is ripe. So if the fruit of a fig tree is not brought to maturity instantly or in an hour, how do you expect the human mind to come to fruition, so quickly and easily?"-- Epictetus

Scarlet Rosemallow

Thistle

 

 

Such an an endlessly fascinating plant, whether it's in full bloom or, as in this instance, not.

Rudbeckia Hirta

Indian Blanket

Indian blanket (above) and a portion of the garden tended to by a platoon of master gardeners.

Sunflowers

Our sunflowers, I think, are about done for the season. Maybe there are some late-blooming varieties out there, but, if so, I haven't seen them. 

Amaranth

Apple

Well, I'm off to see the wizard this morning. Actually, just flying to Massachusetts on what some experts predict will be the busiest flying day in the United States this years. Oh, joy! We'll see. There's also a heat dome settling over the eastern United States that should make things even a little more interesting.

So with all that being said, I think I'll share with you this little hopeful scene from yet another garden in Williamsburg.

Daisy

In the gardens attached to the Prentis House in Williamsburg. William Prentis was a prominent merchant in the 18th century.

N. Boundary St.

Coneflowers

A lively bunch carrying on in the garden in front of my house.

Daylily Border

Good Morning!

Consider the Lilies

Don't Call Me Lily

The don't call me "lily" daylily. 

"Despite their common name, daylilies are not true lilies (plants from the genus Lilium, family Liliaceae)." -- Wikipedia

Mysteries

Peering into the many mysteries lurking in one of the gardens near me. 

On another note, I'm continually forgetting to reload a memory card into my camera. I take it out to load images onto my laptop, then . . . when I'm out shooting, what happens? NOTHING. Absolutely nothing, because I've once again forgotten the . . . Oh, well. Next time. 

What to do you do to keep a memory card in your camera? Or do you shoot mainly with a cell phone camera? 

Purple