I spotted after it was said that there are no flowers to be seen this time of year at least relatively speaking. I could see nothing but flowers after that comment.
There’s lots of bad news, fake news, isn’t there? Lots of darkness. Dreary. Sigh. Everyone is in the ultimate struggle in the final battle. Yep. O.K. That may be. You want to know how to get through that? The way to do battle with the powers of darkness is NOT to stoop to the level of enemy, which is all emotion and despair and frustration and mind games at which the devil is much better than we could ever dream of being. The way to do battle with the powers of darkness is walk in God’s presence and be the good children of Mary Immaculate, perhaps giving her a flower if you can. That changes everything, as does keeping up with the sacraments, which are all about her Divine Son, Jesus. I think He especially likes to see outrageous things like flowers being given to His good mom, especially when times are tough. Right? It changes everything.
ARISE! LET US BE GOING! 
“Lovely flowers are smiles from God”…I agree – it’s much more helpful and enjoyable to focus on God’s smiles given to us than on the Adversary’s machinations in our minds. Is that goldenrod in the picture? Lovely fall flower.