Annual Report 2014 The Year of the Vortex Part Three: Wild Things

Annual Report 2014 The Year of the Vortex Part Three:  Wild Things

My favorite area on The Acres is, of course, The Wild Area--an acre or so of God's artistry.  I suppose some of it is perspective.  The beds on the front area of the property are filled with wild flowers by this time of year.  For some reason that irritates me some and makes me think that I need to just re-do all the beds; raising them, I tell myself (who else would listen), will make it easier for me to keep them weeded.  I have no idea whether that's true or not, but it sounds good. Meanwhile, I am thrilled at the plethora of those same wildflowers gorgeousfying my wild area.  Weird human, eh? Thousands of goldenrod--over my head--in some areas are dazzling as I meander the paths of wild things.  Purple and pink clumps of asters, tall deep purple iron weed, even taller pink thistles, patches of blue lobelia and verain, patches of pink monarda, and a border of thousands of white heath asters makes autumn the glory days of The Wild Area.  Throw in some honey bees for background music, lots of butterflies and dragon flies for fluttering ribbons, and it's a marvelous place for a slow stroll on a September afternoon--as slowly as possible is the only acceptable "speed." Obviously The Vortex had no impact on the wilds of autumn. 
In fact, I would assert that the wild area smirked at The Vortex's attempt to freeze her out.  The crocus came up in mid-March as always. 500 (or more) daffodils danced their way through April--even the miniature golden bell daffodils returned after a couple years of hiding.  A dozen hyacinth added their color--with a little of their aroma therapy.  In May the wild hyacinth--camassia is their regal name--graced the wettest spots. In June the spiderwort quadrupled itself from last spring and summer--blue everywhere. A great number of daylilies spiced up June as well--even some new ones that the Gardening Angels must have added to the area just to spite El Vortex. July brought coneflowers, phlox, black-eyed Susan, pink liatris (for the first time ever), and three times as much monarda as in 2014. And from August to frost will be the closing symphony described above.
Ah, poor, poor Vortex.  Not only were the wild things e. e. cummings splendiferous this year--they were even more spendiferous than last year!
I wonder what my Gardening Angels look like when they smirk?