Last flowers of the year

Because I was gone for weeks in the spring and then hurt during the summer, the garden has been a tangled mess and things haven't been cut down and cleaned out.

It turns out beauty has come of that.

I went outside for a second despite my cough, and ended up stealing a few minutes to catch these images.

Aster with liatris and iris leaves

Jupiter's beard with liatris seedpods and foliage and aster seedpods

It's rare for me to stage a photo, but I broke this poppy while getting into position over the sedum, and it looked so right there.

Pink veronica leaves, seedpod, and stubborn blossom

Aster amid the wreckage

Queen of all she surveys, except the other cats, of course.

"I'm sitting on my cat tower, playing with my bunny!"