Marvellous Michaelmas

daisies.

For once it is the neglected front garden, the overgrown patches of ground, the railway bank, the wilder places that delight with a wonderful display of autumnal purple. 

This year, they are in abundance everywhere and my... aren't they beautiful?

The Michaelmas Daisies, among dede weeds, 
Bloom for St Michael's valorous deeds.
And seems the last of flowers that stood,
Till the feast of St. Simon and St. Jude.