Up north we traded seeing waves of purple lupines alongside the roads in June for fields of yellow buttercups and white daisies in July.

(The haze is from the Canadian wildfires.)

Back at the townhouse, we are starting to trade asian lily blooms for gladiola blooms.

There are two sets of asian lilies still blooming.  The rest will be trimmed back to greens tomorrow.  I do not harvest those seeds.

The potted gladiolas are starting to bloom.  The hummingbirds love them, and we enjoy seeing them visit.  For now we have put away the feeders until fall.  There is an abundance of natural food coming up in the garden.