The lilac bush in the backyard
Is blooming.
In September.
Their scent perfumes the whole house.
It’s breathtaking.
It’s September.
Abundant and lush in April,
Glorious and
Not surprising.
But now, blooming in Autumn…
Is it desperation?
A gasp before dying?
September, we can take this two ways—
An unordered universe?
Or an unexpected gift?
the circle of life 
I vote for “an unexpected gift!”
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I think it must have known it had a chain saw in its future….😀
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Nooooo…
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It is way too big and shading the blueberry bushes that are much more important. :-) But don’t worry; I don’t think I’ll ever get my husband to cut it down because it isn’t firewood!
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They are beautiful for whatever reason they are blooming.
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The leaves on the bush all died in July/August. I think the cooler weather and some rain brought out new leaves and tricked the bush into flowering. But that’s just what I think! 😀
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A few days ago I found a lone violet blooming in the grass outside my house — something that almost never happens in autumn (or summer, for that matter). Violets are my favorite flowers, so it was a nice surprise.
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In some ways violets are even better than lilacs because you have to look really hard to find a lone violet!
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Violets and lilacs are beautiful and smell heavenly — I just wish there were some way to make them last longer…
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Lovely lovely photos. I love liliacs so much. I guess I would look it as a gift of climate change? 2 years ago we had a crocus bloom about this time and they normally bloom in April.
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I think it must just be the response of the plants to water after the hot dry summer. Maybe?
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Not sure. It was super dry last year here when that happened.
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Our crocuses started to send up green shoots a couple weeks ago. Who knows what is going on?!!! What a wonderful gift – I love lilacs!!
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