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From "The first year of retirement"

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SUMMER FLOWERS II

Walter Aue and Helga Kraus, Summer 2001


Remember what I told you? The second bouquet is even larger than the first one...
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. How cool to start with an American line. Why American, you ask? Well, it's on top. And it's red, white and blue - at least when seen the Canadian way: all upside down.

Cool Blue

. White lilies still come from green buds

Lily White?

. Remember them from the Good Book? The psalmist had it right: They have but little needs. Seem them grow wild in Nova Scotia: just for the living, just for the beauty.

Lilies of the Field

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. What they guard? The Guarden, of course.

Guards

. In the foreground: Tame Marguerites (daisies) protesting globalization. In the background: Wild Lupins practicing crowd control.

Crowds

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. Pink Poppy, Blue Spruce (I think).

No Escape

. I know it's overdone. But who is to argue with matters of the heart?

Matters of the Heart

. Spruced-up lupins. (Yes, they also grow wild in Nova Scotia.)

Three in a Loop

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. Oriental Poppy of the garden variety. In the background: Sweet William

Puppy Passion

. I like that picture of a white Iris. Did the picture get your attention - or did the title? We wanted you to know, we bought it for a blue Iris. But it turned out white and we still love it. And, yes, it's all natural: Location, light and colors. Only brightness and contrast have been adjusted (for your own good and that of your computer). Here as in all the other pictures...

Pregnant Bride

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. Eternal triangles: Are they genetic?

Odd Symmetry

. Actually, it's a feeding place. But feeding becomes easier when you first ask for only a resting place.

A Resting Place

. Austrian pine - against the blue sky above our house. I like that.

Candles

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. (Dandelions in an apple orchard near Blomidon, Nova Scotia) The lion once lay with the lamb. But then came the snake with the apple and made the pretty DandyLion a weed like the rest of us. Now we hate it. Damned apple!

Lions under Apple Trees

. Late blooms on a wild apple tree

Forgotten Purpose

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. There are lots of wild apple trees in Nova Scotia. Usually between a rock and a hard place. But the deer still cares. And so does the occasional photographer...

Up Against the Rock

. Don't ask me. I care for the beauty, not the name. Unless I eat it.

In the Woods

. When the lupines want to grow in my front lawn, next to the Austrian pine, I let them. Peace be to my mower, peace be to my mind, peace be to you...

Waving Bye, Bye...

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