In My Summer Meadow

In my summer meadow Lavender colored milkweeds, growing between dark purple butterfly peas, are perfuming the warm air. The color combination is especially pleasing to me; I love purple. Perfectly round globes of milkweed are a magnet for bees, butterflies and a variety of other insects. I see lightening bugs among them. The buzzing of bumblebees, wasps and honeybees is accompanied by the chirping of crickets and the happy twittering of the meadow birds. Yellow Sweet Clover lends it's perfume to the summer symphony of soothing scents. Tall spikes of blooming Johnson grass sways dreamily in the bright sunlight. Right in the middle of a soft pink wild rose bush, a bright red butterfly weed is the center of activity for many species of colorful butterflies. A brilliant blue"Two-barred Flasher” flaps it's wings as fast as a hummingbird, while the orange-brown Buckeye rests peacefully. Next to the roses, a blackberry bush is promising juicy, dark berries soon, while the Mulberry trees are already providing a welcome sweet snack for birds, deer and bunnies. A patch of wide- open orange daylillies is a cheerful spot over at the edge of the trees and an emerald- green hummingbird enjoys their offerings. There is so much life and beauty in a small patch of meadow! I love it!