late season exuberance

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[OT from cottage renovations]

as summer eases on into fall some of the late blooms seem to be coming forth with a greater than usual exuberance. 

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Brown Street

Clematis virginiana L.

I hadn't realised that our common clematis are related to the buttercup. 

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Chestnut Road

Buddleja davidii

this butterfly bush is continuing to put forth its characteristic pointed spray of blossoms.