"Where Innocent Bright-Eyed Daisies Are"

Where innocent bright-eyed daisies are, 
With blades of grass between, 
Each daisy stands up like a star 
Out of a sky of green.


Christina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)



There was just one solitary daisy on the front lawn today.  My sister tells me there's talk of an October "heatwave".  If only...