Early October

It's early October and the goldenrods are waning. 

The honey girls are everywhere, frantically gathering the last bits of pollen and nectar.  Winter is coming.

There are quite a few blossoms  left on the cut leaf coneflower.

 

 Though mostly just the seed heads.

It's aster season.  We have at least three species growing around the house above Heck Creek.  

The first is this tiny-flowered one.  The flowers are about 1/2 inch in diameter and the centers are pinkish when the flowers are mature.

Then there is this white one with yellow centers and larger flowers, 3/4 to an inch in diameter.

And finally we have this blue one. It's flowers are in the 3/4 to 1 1/4-inch range.

The honey girls don't seem to have a color preference.  They're buzzing around  them all doing the final gather before winter.

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