Just another warm sunny October day here in Portland. The usual.
When I travel, I always meet people who say “Portland? It must rain all the time.” Or my favorite, “You probably get snow year round.” I wish.
I’m soooooo tired of watering plants. Maybe later this week the skies will finally open and give us a break.
It’s not quite time for sweaters and boots and blankets and hot drinks by fires, which is when I really start getting in the mood for Halloween. But that’ll roll around soon enough.
In the meantime, how about some black flower ogling to get in the mood for spooky times?
Lotus jacobaeus
Photo above and the featured photo at the top of the post by Annie’s Annuals
Arisaema serratum var mayebarae
Photo by Plant Delights
Asarum maximum
Photo by Kenpei
Akebia trifoliata
Iris chrysographes
Photo by Dancing Oaks
Arum pictum
Photo by Plant Delights
Dracunculus vulgaris
Arum palaestinum
Photo by RickP
Photo by Sean A O’Hara
Helleborus ‘Black Slate’
Petunia ‘Black Velvet’
Photo by Karl Gercens III
Pittosporum tenuifolium atropurpureum
Photo by Loree Bohl
Hermodactylis tuberosus
Photo by A Barra
Salvia discolor
Photo by Loree Bohl
Happy haunting!