In
Michigan
Midsummer
is well underway, yet there are signs that this season has begun to wane.
The
roadsides here are fairly uniform with a mixture of native grasses, now gone to
seed head and occasionally releasing clouds of pollen when disturbed. Dotting
the roads and fields are the Ox-eye Daisies, and small Campions, Wild Carrot,
Yarrow and Milkweed now in full bloom. Some portions smell summer fragrant,
with the mixture of milkweed and sweet grass hay.
Growing
quickly within, however, and nearly knee high are the Golden Rods. They are
fairly nondescript at this point, with no evidence of the yellow plumes that
mark late summer and early fall, but nonetheless they slowly progress toward
maturity. Their coming is a signal of summer’s own twilight.
Notes:
Creeping
Dogbane in Bloom
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