Goodbye To Summer

For me, September is a time for looking back at summer (which feels like it's still here - hot & humid) and all the lovely plants that grew, flowered, fruited and are now beginning to thin out and look scraggly...so here are some shots of spring & summer in my yard

 Here is my lovely comfrey with its giant, fuzzy leaves, and over here, a huge swath of mugwort, which was growing everywhere this year (at least, this was the first year I knew what it was)

Wild white morning glory with a bee being busy inside... next is spotted jewel weed, also wild, used to counteract the itch of poison ivy...

Here is yarrow alongside a volunteer kale plant gone to seed...

 And here are wine berries, growing wild (I've never tried one, I just leave them for the birds and creatures to eat)

 Luscious little black raspberries that return every summer... I pick a few and leave hundreds on the bush for the blue jays and mockingbirds to take back to their young ones

 Here's a blue morning glory growing amongst weeds next to a large bed of mint

 There are more photos, but this is already quite LONG... I just love my little microcosm of plants and animals, it nourishes my soul... so let me leave you with a little information about September:

Wikipedia says...

• September's birthstone is the sapphire. The meaning is clear thinking.
• The birth flowers for September are the forget-me-not, morning glory and aster.

 ... and elsewhere (see link at the end)

September is National Chicken Month.

It is also Cholesterol Awareness Month in America.

The very first comic strip was printed in an American newspaper on September 11th, 1875

The famous leader singer of the classic rock band Queen, Freddie Mercury was born on September 5th, 1946 on the island of Zanzibar.

The poem “Mary had a Little Lamb” was published September 1st, 1830.

World War II began September 1939, when Hitler invaded Poland.

The US Treasury Department was established 1789.

September 5th, is National Cheese Pizza Day.

The 1st Continental Congress was called to order on September 5, 1874.

September 9th is National Teddy Bear Day.

September 16th is National Play-Doh Day.

September 19th is “Talk Like A pirate Day” around the world…an International event.

The first airport opened on September 29.

September 24th, 1789 — the US Supreme Court was established.

On September 18, 1851 the infamous New York Times newspaper published it first edition.

Native American Day is always celebrated on the 4th Friday of September.

September 12th is National Chocolate Milkshake Day

The 4th week of September is National Dog Week

The Great Fire of London happened September 2, 1666.

George Eastman got his patent for the roll-film camera, in September of 1888 and the Eastman-Kodak company soon was off to becoming one of America’s major corporations.

On September 5th, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed a hijacking bill, making air piracy a crime punishable by death or imprisonment.

Former President Richard M. Nixon was given an unconditional pardon, for his role in the infamous “Watergate” fiasco by President Gerald Ford, September 8, 1974.

Read more: http://socyberty.com/history/strange-facts-and-historical-trivia-about-september/#ixzz1XW5fHMNH

Stay tuned for a post celebrating the end of Summer and the beginning of Autumn, which can be such a lovely time of year depending on location, wind and weather, of course - stay well