Arid August

 A field of sunflowers short lived where they turn heads ...

 Lavender flowers lock aroma and flavour into fragrant seeds...

Oange angel trumpets sing above pungent yellow achillea yarrow

Golden light, heat, drought of France create an arid soil ...
which made it easy to lift not a good crop of potatoes.
Tomatoes, kale, carrots, clematis suffered!
Hopeless!  I'm glad that Spring wet weather made planting seeds too tricky!