This will not be one more post about 9/11.  I leave that to the “experts”.  It’s just another distraction from urgent ongoing humanitarian crises that are being avoided.

We’re entering the challenging season for photography–flowers are fading, leaves aren’t turning yet.  But that doesn’t stop me.  There’s always a new aspect of a common subject to be explored.

For me this little aster is significant, only because it’s the first of the natives I planted in the field to bloom this year.  It’s surrounded by clouds of this bright goldenrod.

The dill and parsley are covered with these butterfly caterpillars.  While this whimsical creature is actually okra and red jalapeño from the garden.

These flowers could not be more different– lowly melon blossoms, and tropical mandevilla–but just as pretty.

Last but not least, here we have the delicate lacey roots of dark opal basil cuttings, and a blue gin and tonic laced with lemon balm and mint sprigs.  It’s all about the botanicals.