The last day of August was cooler than normal but at least it was a dry, sunny day and the flowers were soaking up the sunshine.
Sunny Flowers on a Sunny Day
Picture of the Day for August 4, 2017
The day was cool for the beginning of August but the flowers caught some sun before the evening showers watered them again.
Yellow of Summer
Picture of the Day for July 25, 2017
The summertime flowers got both a little sunshine and rain today, but at least it wasn’t an extremely hot day. These flowers definitely remind me of sun and summer.
Summer Flowers
Picture of the Day for July 10, 2017
The black-eyed susans to me always means summertime, the hotter part of summer. The flowers draw insects to them and even spiders that blend into the yellow petals. The Goldenrod Crab Spider blends in with the yellow flowers and ambush their prey instead of weaving webs.
Goldenrod Crab Spider
Picture of the Day for August 12, 2016
The Black-eyed Susans didn’t see much sun today so they had to create their own yellow sunshine.
Flower Sunshine
Picture of the Day for August 20, 2015
Hopefully the sun will peek out and shine today, otherwise the Black-eyed Susans will have to provide the sunshine. There are different hybrids from the native plant which are used in gardens and mine have multiplied quite well from the couple of plants I started with. Even giving a truckload away to a friend didn’t slow them down long but they sure add some bright color when most of the other flowers are done blooming.
Sea of Yellow Faces
Picture of the Day for August 4, 2015
The fields and ditches are in pretty yellow color with the Black-eyed Susans blooming and even a lone flower is a lovely sight. Rudbeckia hirta, commonly called black-eyed-susan, is a native flower to the Eastern and Central North America and naturalized in the Western part of the continent. Members of the sunflower family, the “black eye” is named for the dark brown-purple centers of its daisy-like flower heads.
But who was Black-Eyed Susan for which the flower was named for? The legend says it all comes from an Old English poem of the post-Elizabethan era entitled simply, “Black-Eyed Susan,” written by a very famous poet of the day named John Gay, 1685-1732. The first part of the poem reads like this.
All in the downs, the fleet was moored,
Banners waving in the wind.
When Black-Eyed Susan came aboard,
and eyed the burly men.
“Tell me ye sailors, tell me true
Does my Sweet William sail with you?”
Lonely Black-Eyed Susan
Picture of the Day for August 27, 2014
The Black-eyed Susans are enjoying a sunny, late summer day.
Sunny Susans
Picture of the Day for July 21, 2014
When the Black-eyed Susans open up, you know summer is officially here and the very hot day confirms summer has arrived. The wildflowers might not wither and wilt in the heat like I do but I won’t be hiking out to the field in the hot afternoon to confirm that theory.
Daisies and Black-eyed Susans
Picture of the Day for November 7, 2013
The Black-eyed Susans have lost their former spectacular glory which had filled the landscape with yellow and black earlier but even in their faded life, they do provide seeds for the Goldfinch to eat as winter approaches.
Seed Eating Goldfinch
