Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
– Albert Camus, French philosopher, author, and journalist
Even though we planted more flowers on the other side of our house this season, I can’t extend my bouquets through Thanksgiving. But it was close. Before Thanksgiving, I’ll be cutting down the dry dahlia stalks and the rest of the dried flowers and putting them in our green bucket that is filling up with the fallen leaves of our maple tree and our twin magnolia trees.
So here are the last bouquets of the season, from early October to the first of November.
An October 2nd bouquet.
Another view of the October 2nd bouquet.
October 7th bouquet.
A close-up of deep pink zinnias and a creamy gerbera daisy.
Another close-up of zinnias and rudbeckia.
October 13th bouquet.
Another side of the bouquet, including hydrangea.
More zinnias – lime green, orange, and pink.
Another view of the bouquet.
Another close-up with a Rudbeckia hirta ‘Cherry Brandy’ and scabiosa caucasica ‘Fama Blue’ “Pincushion Flower.”
October 20th bouquet.
Another view of the bouquet.
Another October 20th bouquet, with a lone small dahlia and blue bachelor’s button.
Another view of the second October 20th bouquet.
And yet another view of the second October 20th bouquet.
October 29th bouquet, with a white straw flower.
The October 29th bouquet.
Another view of the October 29th bouquet.
Another view of the October 29th bouquet, with a surprise hydrangea bloom.
The final bouquet for a November 10th dinner.
Evening light softens the November 10th bouquet. The first calla lily of the late autumn, early winter season.
The last close-up of this bouquet. Soft yellow light with a backdrop of an oil painting by Gary Stutler. The dianthus are showing a third bloom of the season, with my favorite dianthus caryophyllus “Chomley Farran.”