Here’s a fun fact about cosmos: the more you harvest them, the more they bloom. No, seriously, they are one of the more productive plants you can have in your garden, and the chameleon-ic blooms are absolutely gorgeous. Also, the garden has gone through so much change. From when we started three years ago to the damage caused by the freeze, cosmos have come to represent the positive transition taking place here and elsewhere. Happy flowers.

“Show me a woman who cries when the trees lose their leaves in the autumn and I’ll show you a real asshole.” — Nora Ephron, Heartburn