She draped herself in glittering gold...

For some reason that line popped into my head when I spotted this vine-covered tree yesterday morning. 

I miss the wildflowers lining my dirt road, 

so I've been on a quest, 

in search of some color other than green and brown in the Hollow. 

This isn't exactly what I was looking for, but I thought the dying vine possessed a graceful beauty.

Here are some other splashes of color - or at least blossoms - I've found, 

all spotted in now-dry ponds.

(I just wonder how long they'll last without rain.)

Prairie Verbena... the first I've seen in a while. Just this one little plant...

Not sure what this is, but there are fields of it growing in pond beds...

It's not very colorful, but I think it's beautiful.

Is this some type of milkweed? It doesn't matter - I love this splash of purple.

Huisache Daisy ... the last of the yellows

Buttonbush - one of my new favorites!

Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; 

they are sunshine, food, and medicine for the soul.

~Luther Burbank, American botanist and horticulturalist, 19th century