31 August 2006 - front

My garden still enchants me
despite the fading blooms and colors.

Below: more Coreopsis portraits

30 August 2006 - front

A dry, breezy and surprisingly warm morning.

Below: the plants love the sunshine and heat

29 August 2006 - front

A cool, wet and foggy Colorado Springs morning.

28 August 2006 - backyard bonus

Echinacea

Red Valerian (Jupiter's Beard)

Strawberry plant

Below: I love the way the light plays with these flowers.
(I think they're marigolds.)

28 August 2006 - front

Although the sun is shining, the air is cool.
Feels like a fall morning.

Blue Mist Spirea

Mirabilis multiflora (desert four o'clock)

Blue flax

Coreopsis

27 August 2006 - back yard bonus

27 August 2006 - front

Sunny skies prevailed this morning (finally!).

I've begun deadheading the Feverfew plants.
Their lovely white flowers are turning brown.
Xeric gardens are not maintenance-free gardens!

This "rescued" Blue Mist Spirea, above,
shows off its first blooms this summer.

Two favorites continue to bloom:
Paprika Yarrow, above and Campanula, below

Below: The delicate Coreopsis continue to
challenge my photography skills.

26 August 2006 - front

The storm stopped just long enough for me to snap this photo.
Soon after, the clouds closed in and
the cold, rainy weather continued.

25 August 2006 - front

Not much new in the garden on this drizzly August morning

24 August 2006 - front

Above and below: Potentilla

The bees extract nectar from creeping thyme blossoms.