The Summertime Blues

The song goes, "there ain't no cure for the Summertime blues".  My prescription is to get my camera, and go searching for Summertime blues, in all their nuanced splendor.  Before I know it, I'm feeling blissfully happy.

Delphiniums are a perennial favourite, with a variety of blues ranging from the palest baby blue, to lapis, and deepest midnight blue.  They stand tall, however, they need the support of a solid stake, because their heavy heads bend and break in a Summer rainstorm.  They're beautiful alone, and spectacular in a large group.     

Bluebeard is another blue Summer flower.  It too, grows tall.  Bumblebees and butterflies seem to love this plant.  In the shadows, the flower appears to be a deep, inky blue.  In full sunlight, the softer lavender shades are seen.

  

Hydrangea ranges in colour from white, to green, to pink, to raspberry, magenta, lilac, lavender, lapis, and twilight blue - sometimes all on the same shrub.  The blues of the Hydrangea are calming and peaceful.

Cascading Blue Lobelia brings contrast and sparkle to window boxes and hanging baskets.  The petite flowers bloom by the hundreds, forming mounds of blue, which can be seen a block away.  They were the inspiration for a fabric pattern used in designing the Blue Lobelia on White Lace kimono...available on Art of Where.  http://bit.do/kimonos

    

Photographs Copyright of:  Ruth Adams, Widow's Endorphins Photographic Images Incorporated.