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.
