Dahlia Time

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been nearly a month since we visited the Rose Garden to see the dahlias in full bloom. Time seems to go much slower when the smoke is so thick that you can’t leave the house for nearly a week and half. I’ll have to admit that just looking at these shots cheered me up a little bit.

I’ve posted so many dahlia pictures in this blog over the years that I have to remind myself that I love them just as much every summer as I did the summer before.  After all, absence makes the heart grow fonder.

It’s hard to imagine that this beauty wouldn’t always seem striking:

Certainly the bees never seem to lose their fondness for them.

Judging from the number of  photos I’ve posted over the years, this would have to be my favorite.

I’ll have to admit, though, this 

was my favorite shot of the day.

One thought on “Dahlia Time”

  1. Nice pics. In his beautiful reading of Eliot’s Four Quartets (on youtube, worth hearing), Sir Alec Guinness say “DAYlias,” which is, evidently, how it’s pronounced in England. “The dahlias sleep in the empty silence.” (East Coker)

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