I don’t remember flowers blooming in October when I was a kid.  I don’t even remember buying Fall mums to decorate our porch.  Once Labor Day arrived, summer was officially over!  But these days summer weather continues and our gardens are still colorful well into Fall.  I will hang on to every last ounce of that for as long as I can.  Here’s a beautiful Dahlia photographed with the Lensbaby Velvet 56.