In the
afternoon sun, the mustard plants are golden in the harvested field next to the
knoll that fronts the Anna Maria cross. While most foliage around has been
fading quickly to yellow and brown, taking on the look we expect in November,
these Brassicas are as vibrant green as seen in midsummer growth.
No less
beautiful are the yellow petals, thousands of them now, set atop the deep
greens that for a moment is tempting to imagine them as June dandelions
covering a distant field.
Even
flitting among them are cabbage white butterflies, several that seem to go about
helter skelter from plant to plant. It seems strange to see them now, as we’ve
had a hard frost, but somehow this last generation has survived.
The
cabbage whites came first in April and May, then again in July and August. This
last cycle persists until late autumn, and we enjoy seeing them until the first
series of successive freezes arrive.
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