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Observed, this July morning, while waiting for the left-turn green light off the Rimrock Road exit: sky-blue chicory next to violet thistle next to ivory Queen Anne's Lace, with rust-colored seedfronds of dock for contrast, and egg-yolk yellow bird's-foot trefoil (the same weed that I can't bear to yank out of my lavender bed) lapping underfoot. It's beautiful!
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It's so good to see a post from you - I've missed you. And although the USDA says chicory and Queen Anne's Lace grow here, I haven't seen them around lately and miss them on roadsides.
But I don't miss Japanese beetles.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Posted by: Annie in Austin | July 04, 2008 at 11:29 AM
So good to see a post from you again. Missed you and hope that you are better.
Posted by: mss @ Zanthan Gardens | July 04, 2008 at 08:01 PM
I once tried growing chicory from seed that my husband saved from a particularly blue one. No luck.
Sometimes the weeds in my garden make nice arrangements, too.
Posted by: Kathy Purdy of Cold Climate Gardening | July 05, 2008 at 08:07 AM
Welcome back. It's good to hear from you.
Posted by: Don | July 05, 2008 at 07:18 PM
A big fan from the UK says it is really good to have you posting again.
Posted by: Bob | July 14, 2008 at 05:05 AM
I often am surprised by a lovely view of "weeds" out the train window on my weekly trips in to Toronto, and I ponder the extravagant colour combinations fearlessly composed by Mother Nature!
Posted by: Kati | July 28, 2008 at 11:54 AM