Aster Love

One of the first things we noticed when we arrived at our cabin… besides a chillness in the air… was the purple color on the ground…asters blooming everywhere. With roses, daisies, sunflowers, orchids, tulips and lilies too,,, it’s been difficult for the aster to receive the praise she’s due. But in the Fall when many of her better known flowers fail to survive this is when the aster and her beauty comes alive. We see her purple hue along the roads, the rivers and the trees adding beauty to the countryside…she’s the last source of pollen for the bees. Legend tells us the Goddess Astraea…from her throne up in the sky when she saw there were no stars upon the Earth…she began to cry. Her tears rained down upon the Earth during Autumn’s time of year and, as if by magic, asters sprouted from her tears. So as this year progresses…as Fall we’re about to greet I think it’s time the aster takes her place among the flower elite. For when most flowers are gone…the aster can be found blooming, to Astraea’s delight, as little stars upon the ground.