297/365: "Nothing can beat the smell of dew and flowers and the odor that comes out of the earth when the sun goes down." ~ Ethel Waters (6 inset images! :D)

6 more pictures and one note above! :)

The weather here has been very dry but cold and sometimes frosty in the morning, and there is always dew to enjoy! Most of the wildflowers are gone now except for wild mustard, star thistle, moth mullein, and this awesome beauty, the stinky and sticky but always lovely Showy Tarweed. Their wonderful show is just about over, so the flowers are much smaller than the first blossoms of the season. However, every day I appreciate their bright and cheery faces, and a few days ago I was delighted to see dew sparkling on the petals and thought it was time to feature this flower again as a Picture of the Day!

I had a wonderful time taking pictures, and I actually got a bunch of really nice choices, but am only posting this one tonight as there are so many other pictures I'm putting up! :D I'll try to slip in more pictures of these dew-laden beauties in the coming days!

By the way, today is Thursday, and that means BOKEH THURSDAY! HOORAY! I was late last week, but this week I was ready and rarin' to get out and get my images for the "Destruction" theme. You'll see them in pictures 3-7 of tonight's upload, or just roll your mouse over the image above to see all of my pictures for today! :) (Picture 2 is another "Autumn flower"!) Enjoy! :)

Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an African-American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress. She frequently performed jazz, big band, and pop music, on the Broadway stage and in concerts, although she began her career in the 1920s singing blues. Wikipedia: Ethel Waters

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