It’s beginning to look a lot like summer

Yes, when the dahlias flower and it’s sunny outside, I reckon it is summer proper now.

The dahlia was declared the national flower of Mexico in 1963. The tubers were grown as a food crop by the Aztecs, but this use largely died out after the Spanish Conquest. Attempts to introduce the tubers as a food crop in Europe were unsuccessful.

I hope you have had a good start to the week.