This past spring we planted a bunch of flowering vines on our back deck, mostly to hide our neighbor's unsightly backyard junkpiles from view. This blue morning glory took its sweet old time getting to the flowering stage -- I was pretty sure it was a lost cause when it failed to thrive in its container for the first half of the summer. But about a week ago it finally got down to business, and wow it didn't disappoint.

That'll do, vine.

By the way, the cover art for Kin to Stars "Hello Ohio" is also a phonecam photo from my back deck, featuring a purple clematis that just up and died for no good reason a few weeks ago: