THE COLORS OF SUMMER

Summer warms the body, feeds the soul and delights the senses with a kaleidoscope of colors. With fall evident all around, I love to look back through the photos that I have taken, at the vivid colors of summer

when every creature and plant wears its finest.

The daylily, nature's colorful trumpet, calls forth the summer

and it's lovely breezes.

A blue dasher dragonfly lands on a pink lotus bloom at the 

North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC.  What brilliance of color, 

what a delight on a hot summer day.

Golden fritillary butterflies drink nectar from rose colored Sweet William flowers 

just as they have for centuries in early summer gardens.

The four-eyed milkweed beetle gives a clash of color as it

treads across the bloom.

Black-Eyed Susans look like cheery droplets of sun with night colored centers.

A tiny spring peeper sits quietly on the unopened blooms of a sedum.
Earlier in the summer, his cheerful call went on for hours.
What a wonderful nighttime song!

So many patterns, such tranquil colors, as blue and yellow converge to paint a glorious picture.

    Like a summer dandelion, the goldfinch in all his glory brightens

the green dominated scene of a midsummer wetland.

A speckled robin fledgling, not yet dressed in his brown tuxedo, sits precariously on a magnolia branch.

A burst of cheer, a droplet of color, hidden deep in the shadowy woods.

Gold, the color of spring daffodils, summer sunflowers, and autumn goldenrods, is truly one of nature's brightest and most spectacular shows. 

Gentle browns, the newness of life make summer seem so exciting

and full of hope.

The blues of the sky, of birds and water give us tranquil pauses in a busy day.

Variegated greens and vibrant blues make a shady spot seem extra refreshing.

The green leaves of pond lilies make a cozy little nook for a little green frog.

With mountains softly silhouetted in shades of blues and purples,

the grasses sway with each summer breeze. 

Summer, there is no other time that creates such joy, provides amazing bounty, and so delights the senses.