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.)
Mid-September and the choices in my garden are growing fewer by the day. Dahlia ‘Lillehammer’ still is putting forth blooms, but like the rest, it loses vigor as summer wanes. Making up the rest of the arrangement are white Flowering Tobacco (Nicotiana alata), pink Zinnias (Z. elegans), the last of the pink phlox (P. paniculata) and cosmos with a handful of Hyacinth Bean (Lablab purpureus) blossoms. Wild Heart-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium) and lime green leaves of Purple Raspberry (Rubus odoratus) are the filler and foliage. Props are a few white pumpkin gourds that once again self-sowed out of the compost, a nice surprise freebie.
Dahlia ‘Lillehammer’ dominates this week’s IAVOM arrangement,
I’m joining Cathy at 
It’s been a while since I posted one of my arrangements. I haven’t been making as many this summer, as my new kitten, 
For wildflowers, I used pinwheels of gold Woodland Sunflowers (Helianthus divaricatus), puffs of white Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima) and Goldenrod (Solidago sp.).
It was fun creating it, and I hope you enjoy viewing it as much as I had making it!
Eliza Waters 