Misty river perch
When there is a misty drizzle, I love to see water droplets form on plants in the garden and along the trail. Not a good day for sitting by the river, above, but it is beautiful in passing.
Nasturtiums gather water droplets at their starry centers and fountain grass seed heads become saturated bottle brushes.
Nasturtium
Pennisetum
Acer rubrum
The red maples are the first to turn. The other trees– birch, ash and sugar maple, are yellowing.
Jewelweed lives up to its name, the droplets glistening like miniature crystal balls. Likewise, canna buds and blossoms, and asters, too, are bejeweled.
Jewelweed
Canna ‘Louis Cottin’
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Hope you enjoyed this misty day meander with me. (Click any photo to embiggen.)
Eliza Waters 
Wow, how beautiful. Thank you for this refreshing capture, Eliza
Thank you, Luda!
Beautiful and fresh! 🌻💧
Thank you, Karen!
Lovely photos, Eliza.
Like you, I love to look at the water droplets on the various leaf shapes and textures during fine misty rain.
Thank you, Vicki.
Rain really is lovely when you get up close and notice. There’s that fresh smell and all the droplets. I have a memory of a drenching rain when I was a child–3 or 4–looking out the window and noticing that the splashes were little crowns. I remember thinking they looked a bit like ballet dancers. Thanks for the the great photos. I love the chairs above the river.
Thank you, Lisa. I love your childhood memories – very astute of you to notice the splashing drops looking like crowns!
Great shots!
Thank you!
Beautiful. I think it’s the foliage of nasturtium that I love the most, the flowers are just an afterthought.
Thank you, Frank. I hear you. Lady’s mantle enchants me similarly as well, though their chartreuse flowers can’t be beat.
Its so refreshingly beautiful. Love the rains. No amount of sprinkler watering can bring the effect that a rain can bring on the plants.
Thank you. It is rare that we get misty days, so I had to take advantage of the that magical effect and photo op.
And the pics have done complete justice to the beauty of the misty day.
Thank you!
Those little drops of water make for great shots, Eliza!
Thank you, Sandy!
You are welcome!
Nature’s beauty is almost always there…..to the eye of the beholder…..
I believe so! 🙂
A cooling walk through the garden, Ahhh.
It was delightful!
Beautiful as always. Love mist and fog myself 🙂
Thank you, Cherilyn!
These plants don’t need the sun to shine. Lovely photos!
Thank you very much, Belinda!
I love pictures of nature in the rain….these are all just so beautiful and peaceful. 🙂
Thank you, Jen. Glad you enjoyed them. 🙂
*SIGH*
I know, sorry about your lack of rain, Kris. Wish I could send you some, we’ve had more than enough this summer.
This is so refletive of you, Eliza, just beautiful.
Thank you kindly, Cindy!
A feast for the eye: these pictures are a reminder of how grateful we are for the gift of water. Having had a light spring rain yesterday, I can fully appreciate the droplets on the foliage that you show so beautifully.
Thank you, Anne. I try not to take water for granted, as I know plenty feel its scarcity.
Enchanting! Thank you for sharing these lovely photos, Eliza. (I too love to see how raindrops collect on various flowers, leaves, and trees. 😊❤️)
Misty days are enchanting, for sure. Thanks, Betty!
I love the way rain gathers in nasturtiums and alchemilla leaves 🙂
It brings out the child-like wonder. 🙂
It does. I loved watching the diamond drops form as a child 🙂
This is beautiful. I love the tiny globes too, and you have captured them so well.
Thank you, Ali. 🙂
Brilliant idea, Eliza, to make a misty day into an exciting one. I like that word, embiggen, a new one for me.
Thank you, Hien. Mist is much better than pouring rain, which we have had a lot of this summer. At least our reservoirs are full. 🙂
Very pretty shots. We had rain for two solid days which is always good as the temps turn colder. We have a few maples turning but the leaf peepers may be disappointed this weekend. Not much color here.
Thank you, Judy. There is a lot of green here, too. I was looking at the monthly forecast and temps look to be about 10 deg. above what we are used to. There is no ‘normal’ anymore.
So beautiful! Thanks for sharing! I love the river perch, even in the mist.
Thank you! That perch is a favorite sitting spot all summer until it gets too cold. Stress just floats on down river. 😉
It looks like it would!
🙂
What a nice focus…..sparkling droplets to notice!
Yes! I love when it is misty to create this magical scene. 🙂
Beautiful pics! I, too, rush outdoors after rain to see what I can photograph. Difficult to imagine how quickly autumn is around the corner.
Thank you! With you headed into spring, I get to enjoy that season, while simultaneously enjoying autumn here. The best of both worlds thanks to the internet. 🙂
I’ll post more pics later. The wild flowers have been wonderful this year. Nothing in my garden though!
Misty days have their own special beauty don’t they? Beautiful pictures!!
Thank you, Joanna. They do indeed!
Wonderful photos Eliza! I can feel the turn from here! I love the rain on Lady’s Mantle leaves, much like the Nasturtium only more pow. Soak up the season!
Thank you, Kathy! I’ll enjoy it for the both of us. 🙂
Beautiful even in a drizzle!
Thank you, Laurie!
Thanks for inviting this drip to stroll through your bejeweled and glorious garden. I enjoyed it very much.
Thanks, Peter. Glad to have you along!
Beautiful gems of photos Eliza
Many thanks, Karina!
So beautiful, thank you so much for sharing them!
Thank you, Maria!
Thank you 😊🙏
I did enjoy it. Beautiful images. I’m saving the river perch and the red maple leaves for more walks.
Glad to hear it, thanks, Albert.
After a long, hot summer I was ready for that. Thanks!
Thank you, Ricki!
Very evocative and lovely photos. I can smell the rain and damp!
Thank you, Carol. 🙂
Lovely photos, Eliza! I especially delight in the first and the last 😉
Thank you, Bela!
Love the misty river perch and absolutely beautiful collection of photos!🙂
Thank you very much! Have a great weekend!
Such peaceful scenes.
Thank you, Fi. Happy weekend!
Lovely! A gorgeous post!
Thank you!
Oh these are beautiful shots Eliza!
Thank you, Sylvia! Have a great weekend.
Beautiful Eliza ❤
Thank you, Julie!
A visual treat! Thank you!
Thank you, Maria!
You did a good job of capturing those rain drops.
Thank you!
Love 💕
Thanks, Val! How was your trip??
🦋 Serene and calming photos.
Thank you, glad you found it soothing. 🙂
Love the rain droplets, especially the last one.
Thank you, Alison!
Drizzle never looked so good!!
🙂 Thanks, Allison!
I love misty, drizzly days. Probably for the same reason you do. You captured it all so beautifully. 🙂
Thank you kindly, Robin!
nice
Thank you, so glad you stopped by. Thanks for your visit! xo
Beautiful images, Eliza 🙂
So fresh it looks…
It’s drizzling here and planning to take a walk with my camera, tomorrow, early morning 🙂
Thank you, Sreejith. Hope you are doing well.
I am doing great, Eliza 🙂
Passing through a very interesting phase of life, with small kids, leading a social enterprise, lot of travel etc; so not been able to consistently spent time on blogging, which is my real passion 🙂
You sound very busy! Hope you can squeeze in some time to do what you love. 🙂
Beautiful pictures!! What a great something to photograph. I just love it!
Thank you, Dev!