Friday, September 30, 2016

Stalking the wily bottle gentians near sunset


Bottle gentians, among the late-bloomers of prairie and marsh, mark the turning for me from late summer into fall. So I set out to stalk them last evening --- the eve of big-bang season as duck and goose hunting opens today in Iowa's southern district.

On the way to a familiar colony, I passed late-blooming boneset blowing in the wind (top).


Sunflowers.


And asters, too.

Then there they were, sheltering in tall grass.




After that, I walked back up the trail and parked myself on a bench with a view across the marsh pond water as the sun set behind me.

It was a lovely way to end a day.

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