The intense blue of chicory, a roadside flower that is pure summer. Pick a stem and the flower will close, and blooms are shaded from blue to pinkish to white. Enjoy summer while it lasts, as the earth is turning and daylight minutes slipping away – but that means fairs and fiber festivals are being planned now.

Published July 19, 2011 at 3456 × 2304 in The intense blue of chicory, a roadside flower that is pure summer. Pick a stem and the flower will close, and blooms are shaded from blue to pinkish to white. Enjoy summer while it lasts, as the earth is turning and daylight minutes slipping away – but that means fairs and fiber festivals are being planned now.