Sunday, September 20, 2009

Last flowers of summer


Only two days remain before the equinox is upon us. As the local weather forecast calls for rain and chilly temperatures all this coming week, I have declared today the last "summery" day of 2009. In celebration, I rose at rock musician's dawn (10:00 a.m.) and walked four blocks to snap a photograph of my favorite flower bed, which is adjacent to the fire station property.

I don't know who maintains this elegant bed. The flowers seem too exotic for typical city landscaping. The towering broad-leaf plants with red flowers at the back of the bed look like tropical plants. Perhaps one of the firefighters is a master gardener.

The earliest frost date in Denver is October 8th, so I can enjoy the flowers for several more weeks.