Wilting in the Heat

Much of the country is sagging under a heat wave.... In Missouri, the humidity is particularly oppressive. Even when I get the paper before seven in the morning, it feels like being inside a wet tent.

Instead of actually watering my flowers, I took pictures:


Looking over these pictures, I found it interesting that the shapes of wilting or dead flowers can be as beautiful as more conventional images:




The Stargazer lilies continue to bloom...


... at least some of them.