The Beauty of Weeds

I'm teaching an environmental science elective next term, and I wanted to do some research about the flora biodiversity of our property at school before the first frost. While wandering around with my camera, it dawned on me that some of the weeds - the great unwashed of the botanical world - are actually beautiful when you forget that they are supposed to be unwanted interlopers. Here's a sampling. (PS - I attracted a lot of attention by crawling through gardens in my work clothes with a camera. Luckily, my coworkers understand that I am a nature nut and a nerd.)