In the sandy roadsides along back roads that are less
traveled, the chicory is thriving now. In the early morning, the purple-blue of
its flowers are deeply concentrated as the petals are together like a closed
umbrella, waiting for the warmth of the sun to fully open.
The
color is no less diminished in midday, when the half dollar sized flower is in
full display, in clusters set within the corded stalks. Few blues match the
richness of chicory, and even the cerulean sky of those summer days where the
humidity is so low that the blue overhead is deeply concentrated, is less
striking.
Along
Nanigian Road, the chicory combines with spotted knapweed, and the effect is a
mosaic of purple and blue splashes of color set against the deep greens of the
tall grasses and ivy.
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