I hated to see summer come to an end. The seasons in Kansas are wonderful especially the fall but I love seeing things growing and blooming. Saturday I made the final cut on the plants that will stay indoors over the winter and which ones go into the compost pile. All the bits and trimmings from the plants that are staying indoors went into the worm bin. No worms were available for pictures as they had quickly gotten out of the light back under the newspaper and wood shaving bedding. If you look closely right at the end of the wooden spoon you will see a bit of yarn. The worms love bits of natural fiber yarns too.
This iris was by far my favorite this year. I do not remember it being this vibrant in years past if it bloomed at all. It is one that had to be transplanted a few years back and it may just now be recovering. A couple of the transplants have never bloomed since I moved them.
Brown spots don't lessen the beauty in my eyes. Kansas wind tends to beat them against the deck and bruise the buds.
Even the clippings of a spent rose are a lovely site.
When that Kansas wind blows the clipped blooms to the deck floor and scatters them into a work of Mother Nature's art who am I to argue?
