Tag: picture of Jewelweed

I’ve never committed to memory anything about the color wheel. Anytime I need to work with colors, I have to rely on resources kept by my side. The relationships of colors just doesn’t come naturally to me. But I realized recently, it does come to me through nature.

Through the summer, I’ve been working on the design of a website for a client. With August’s arrival, I’ve shot several pictures that I consider to be a good representation of the colors of this time in the summer season. My thought was to post them as ‘The August Mix’. While contemplating this presentation, I realized that the colors in my photos are the exact colors in the site I’ve been designing. Art imitates nature!

All around the shore of the pond Purple Loosestrife, Joe-Pye-Weed, Early Goldenrod, Queen Anne’s Lace, and Jewelweed mingle within a backdrop of green foliage. Bees, butterflies, and dragonflies flit from one to the other, never pausing in the activity of their work.

The Black-eyed Susan has managed one small display some distance from the shore and alongside a small grove of trees. I suspect that deer are enjoying it, as the blossoms last just a few days, are then gone, and a new bunch bravely comes forward.