Very soon would arrive huge mounds of marigold flowers. They are either yellow or saffron or ochre. In their smaller version, they are a cute combination of the yellow and the ochre. Stringing them to decorate the gates, doors, window frames is both fun and a bother. Lovely the strings look with green leaves strung in between for contrast. Later, once dried, one can store these strings for seeding new plants.
The season of the coral flower and the champak flower is almost over. May be, just a few for the actual 'puja' might be available. Asters in various hues and colours, plain white, pink, red, violet, are both beautiful and long lasting. This trait they share with the marigolds. Even when a little dry, like the marigolds, they look gorgeous. Not to be missed are the blazing red hibiscus flowers enlivening one's small patch of garden, like the canna flowers. Unlike the canna, available in white and yellow as well, rarely are these sold in bulk though.
Well, unlike the summer blooms, these autumnal flowers are not fragrant, though they are far more colourful. A unique joy and beauty they add to the festive times as if they are the "rangoli" drawn by Mother Nature. Oh, yes, their plastic versions, forever fresh, are much used these days. In my opinion, they are pretty, they are lifelike, yet they lack the warmth of the original. Rather like human beings they are in a way. Well, only the genuine, be it people or flowers, add the 'live-ly' feel, right?
Pratima@Flowers are forever. Each season has its own variety that adds a unique beauty to the very being and becoming, theirs as well as ours.
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