Wild Chicory
Summer ended and with it the wildflowers, or so it seemed. So I’ve watched and found many wildflowers here are still trying to squeeze out the last bit of warmth from the season. Most have lost the luster of Spring. These are the ragtag determined ones.
- Star thistle
Morning Glory
The remaining wild flowers were buzzing with activity as the late season insects frantically try to make a living off so few blossoms.
Star thistle attracts all kinds of insects.
Star thistle and a Fritillary butterfly.
A wasp explorers this flower.
The hoverfly comes in for a landing.
Sage flowers
Sage flowers with a passenger.
Unknown orange flower
Fritillary butterfly
Big black horntail on a mullein.
Goldenrod
Hover fly on white flower.
Just for fun a quick watercolor sketch of a chicory bloom.
Chicory – watercolor sketch
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Some very nice shots and I loved the bee suspended over the flower. Good pics!
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Thank for the comment and thank you for your service! I have one son in the USAF and on recently out. It is a noble calling.
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Awesome watercolor and pictures, Tim!
Blessings ~ Wendy
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Thank you Wendy. After doing the watercolor I realized I can’t really do justice to God’s art. But it is fun to keep trying!
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Beautiful images!! Your little water color of the wild chicory was lovely too. I have noticed a few wild flowers still survive here but it has been raining leaves lately.
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Thank you Susan. Fall is creeping in on us isn’t it.
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Yes it certainly is. I don’t mind fall. I particularly love the colors. The problem is the long winter is hot on its heels. That I don’t like.
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Around here we love the Fall too. I brings some of the most pleasant temperatures of the year.
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Amazing pictures Tim, I love each one and your chicory too.
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Thank you so much.
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An excellent collection of fall blooming plants. Close-ups very good that show the butters.
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Thank you Yvonne.
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Lovely Tim!
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Thank you Elena.
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Tim great collection as always
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Thank you Doron.
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Very lovely flowers and interesting insects. We have a few of the same ones here. We are still getting a couple of butterflies, too. I saw a bunch of confused white daisies along our driveway last week, but I didn’t pick them. Have to encourage those odd mutations.
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“Confused white daisies”, I like that! Those butterflies need landing pads, and mutations should do nicely.
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I also enjoy flowers at summer’s end. There is a wistfulness about them. Altogether, summer’s end and the whiff of autumn is one of my favourite times of year. When the seasons turn – or just before they do – is magic!
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You are so right Julie. It is one of the finest times of the year here. Cold nights and warm days. Magic indeed!
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Lovely collection of wild flowers and nature’s little beauties enjoying their last drink of the season. Beautiful Chicory Bloom, hope it’s framed.
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Thank you Mary. Not framed, still in the sketch book. I’m way behind in my framing.
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Wonderful to see your wildflowers, Tim! 🙂
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And wonderful to see your reindeer!
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Fabulous photos, as always! And I love the sketch, too. Have a great weekend!
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Thank you Megan!
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Great photos and sketch!
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Thanks DG!
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I love all of your photos, Tim, but the chicory is my favorite!
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Thank you Jill. It was my favorite one too. 🙂
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I’m glad it wasn’t the orange flower. Check out the next post and see what happened to it!
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Very nice! And you chose the humble Chicory – I love them – they’re plentiful on east cost highway margins and are beautiful when they mix with Queen Annes Lace. Beautiful butterflies too!
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The chicory have such a nice a unique color among the wildflower here.
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The hopeful blue of the chicory! Agree, standing tall on the east coast mixed with the lace. Amid other “weed” lovelies. Ah! They cheer up the railroad fence, its gravel and parking lot. So, of course tax dollars mow them down. Drab must win They chicory win some, for soon, their lovely face re-emerges, albeit on an inch stalk. They are best, tall and free.
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Well said!
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