Spring wild flowers are fading in the heat of early summer. Crisp tans are replacing lush, ephemeral greens. Petals are torn, or missing altogether. The sky is a brighter blue. Torrential downpours punctuate monotonous clear, hot days. The delicate ornamental like poppy and larkspur are gone, faded away or mowed over for no reason I can see. These hardy prairie flowers will stick around as we head into the doldrums of a Texas summer. Sidewalk traffic will dwindle through August, July, and September. The solitude of a suburban summer mimics the solitude of the great west, the desert, the open prairie.
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