IN SEASON

Irresistible Evening Backlight

Backlit yellow flowers and goldenrod make a dreamy scene.  With the goldenrod flowers sweet scent, rustling leaves and the gentle breeze swaying everything, the scene's even dreamier.  If you ignore the highway traffic and the strip mall on the other side of it.

It's a fleeting capsule dream within an unbeautiful reality.

Top and bottom left:  Woodland Sunflower (Helianthus Divaricatus).  Sure I've said it once; I'll say it again.  Woodland sunflower is a confusing name.  The flowers grow along woodland edges or clearings within the woods.  Not in the woods; it's too dark.  Right:  A tangle of goldenrod (Solidago spp.) flowers.  I finally adjusted to seasonal day length to capture images and video in my beloved golden light.

Sunset Slips Into Twilight

All day it rained.  When the clouds break, I rushed out to capture goldenrod flowers.  But the sun was dipping below the horizon.  No goldenrod flowers and their pollinators.  Just another stunning autumn twilight.