Moonflowers

“Good things come to those who wait.”

All summer I have watched the moonflower vine growing and spreading. It wound around the small iron trellis and reached out for the porch light and nearby plants. It grew and grew and I thought the frost would claim it before it ever got one flower on it. But yesterday I was rewarded with not one, but three beautiful large moonflowers. It had rained last night and the drops were still on the flower. How beautiful it was.
The air this morning had a crispness to it proclaiming that fall was officially here. This dusty Miller has the look of frost. Soon there will be real frost claiming the flowers. But for now I will enjoy the last of their beauty.