Summer's last flowers

The bright flowers of the summer have mostly gone, but a few late bloomers still greet me each day.  Each day brings fewer blossoms, so every one is special.

"Departing summer has assumed
An aspect tenderly illumed,
The gentlest look of spring;
That calls from yonder leafy shade
Unfaded, yet prepared to fade,
A timely carolling."

William Wordsworth September