Foggy Weather

(click on images for sunny views of similar scenes)

Didn't mean to have a cliff hanger here, but things have conspired to slow down the finish work on my new floor. It's coming along (and getting rave reviews locally!) but I didn't realize that trimming and finish work would possibly be more time consuming than actually laying the floor material!! It's OK, it will look good in due time and then I can share some photos of it.

Meanwhile, the fogs of Autumn have begun and I've decided to link a couple of these new images with the the "bright and sunny" versions of the similar vistas, just for fun. There really is something soft and mysterious about thick mists. When they last too long or become relentless, well then I forget the mystery and just call them depressing. But they seem to be quite seasonal in our area, so it's something different for now.

When I spoke of autumn melancholia in an earlier post, I was referring, in part, to the way the brilliant colors of Spring and Summer tend to fade to more subtle earth tones. To that, I might add the fading due to fog and mists...yes, Autumn is definitely moving in at WillOaks Farm.

A Tiny Wonder

I really DO have another 4 new neck pieces to share with you here...but I got side tracked because I found this incredible mutation of a Queen Anne's Lace flower and just had to post it. Yes, I've noted the single purple tiny bloom in the center of some of these white flowers. But this was rather extraordinary! And other blooms on the same plant also exhibited varying degrees of purple where most are white.

This rather errant Queen Anne's Lace is perhaps a mutant, but what a lovely abberation!

Like Snowflakes - No Two Alike

That's right: snowflakes in July! Queen Anne's Lace is the common name around here and I noticed little girls playing with these flowers today. They are so abundant, and so pretty while in their prime.

Yes, they fall under the category of "weed" and are probably too prolific. Here, one especially large patch borders a corn field and it seems the herbicide either missed hitting them, or maybe didn't phase them? But oh, so much fun to photograph.