The color scheme for the fall season of ALANILAGAN.com is heavy on orange and fuchsia, so this little collection of blooms as seen along the Southwest Corridor Park in Boston are a fitting floral personification of such heat. Marigolds and zinnias are ubiquitous heralders of summer, reminiscent of childhood days where such explosions of color were commonplace. Every year I see these scenes and regret not planning and planting more annuals for the yard – maybe next year I’ll actually do something about it.
For now, they’re part of the Boston walking experience, and someone else has been good enough to care for them to get them to such a beautiful point. Hopefully the weather will last a little while longer and extend this summer show well into fall.
Failing that, we have these pictures, and the accompanying memories, to see us through the last part of the year.
I also find it helpful to find comparable fragrances that resonate with similar heat and panache – and in this case of bright and vivid color, none other than Diana Vreeland, and her intense brand of va-va-voom, will do.
Fall burns, fall flares, fall sounds the gong of over-the-top saturation.
