On my walk to my office this morning I spotted this spunky flower growing up through the sidewalk crack. It looks to me like a dandelion but albino – or even more different, because it almost looks clear. I thought it was fascinating.
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Pink and puffy
I was recently on a quick visit to friends in San Diego – it was a great trip! In their backyard they have mimosa trees and while I wandered around I stopped and took this picture. Enjoy!
Scene while walking: August 15, 2014
There were many lovely large plantings of lantana around the area where my hotel was. Where I live we need to keep it in pots to overwinter inside or treat it as an annual. Such a gorgeous flower.
World’s most beautiful iris
This is not up for vote or debate, I have the world’s most beautiful iris in my yard.
Late bloomer
For everyone else, pink phlox is an early spring flower but for some reason mine is late every year. It’s really coming into its own now, and it’s lovely.
Sunburst daffodil
We have many varieties of daffodil and they bloom at different times, so we have them for many weeks. One of my favorites just started blooming – I don’t know the real name, but I call it the sunburst daffodil. It’s so dense with petals that the taller ones tip over from the weight.
Scene while walking: May 10, 2013
Along the rivers and canals are lots of wild rosebushes. They are just starting to bloom, and they cheered up my morning recently.
Water Lilies
The frogs are being quite shy lately – and it appears Brave Frog may have already moved out. I went out to shoot some photos of Cave Frog (I think) and I got in only one quick snap before he dove under the water. Since I had the camera out anyway, I decided to take some photos of our water lilies. When we first had the pond and waterfall installed, I didn’t think we would put anything in it. I’m glad my husband pushed for plants (then fish…) because it makes it a lot more interesting to look at when we are outside. There are some new plants I put in this year that should be blooming soon – when they do I will post photos of those. But for now, I really love this close up of a water lily – I didn’t know the damselfly was there playing peekaboo until I transferred the photo to my computer!
As I was moving away I realized the water and sun were collaborating to make a gorgeous reflection – so I took that photo too.
