October brings a gradual end to summer. Night temperature sink below freezing constantly. Summer blossoms shrivel, fade, and fall to the ground, joining the organic diet for the soil. Now it's fall foliage that radiates; free of summer green. Two floral groups (left and right, above) refuse to recognize the calendar's seasonal change. After a series of night temperatures, the pea blossoms popped up, above. The star thistle, left, thrived in the frigid air.
Chester California Wildflowers
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