still going, still growing

just when i feel everything has reached it’s zenith, when all the flora around me has peaked, and has now shifted gears to putting out seeds, is see this wild cucumber vine still in flower. the cattail it is using for scaffolding, has definitely reached it’s highest point. the tips of it’s leaves are yellowing, and the brown sausage with it’s tightly packed seeds will at any moment burst open in the late summer heat, like a bratwurst on the grill. but that wild cucumber vine appears to be on its own seasonal cycle–with is spring green coloration, and white blossoms. there will always be late bloomers. i know several. most of them turned out just fine.

cattail with cucumber vines