August Sunflower

August blasts in like a furnace.

100 degree temperatures

and

grasshoppers

take their toll

on

anything

that

is a shade

of

green.

The mosquitoes

and spiders

are peaking.

Grass and even the weeds

crunch under our feet.

Lightning storms pass through

leaving a few drops of rain

and prairie fires

in their wake.

The low growl of the motorcycles on the highway

in the distance

rumble on their way to Sturgis.

The sunflowers

provide for my grasping

for a glimpse beauty

to hold on to

in

the 

August heat.

P.S.  These were all taken between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m.

just as the sun is going down.

It's the best time for the perfect light!