Linden tree flowers. I surely wish I could convey how nice these smell. They perfume the air to the extent you can smell them driving by, nevermind walking right under them.
Mmmmmm.
Chicory. This plant has a very weedy habit, with sparse flowers. Its root is like a very (very!) long carrot. Hard to get rid of, should it take up residence in your yard. At my first house, downhill from everywhere, and topsoil a yard deep, I dug down looking for the end of a chicory root. I quit at two feet or so......
Here are the chicory plants, in situ.
Wild raspberries. These will be ripe when they turn dark purple.
Another image of the cone flower with the black and white and green bee critter.
Another cone flower. It looks like I messed with the color, but this is exactly as the camera remembers.
Blousy roses.
Roses in situ.
Poppies. Wow.
Poppies, in situ.
I was thinking about why I take pics either close up, or far away, and I think it's because the images are more interesting. I think the full-plant images I've shown you today are not interesting, other than as documentation of the habits of the plants. As images? Yawn. Very yawn.
In Twyla Tharp's creativity book, she proposes that people like to work in either a close up, middle, or long view. I'm not sure I agree -- I like the two extremes. The middle distance doesn't appeal to me nearly as much.
This is yet another kind of poppy. Note how the bokeh speaks to the center of the flower.
Not sure what this is. Look how spikey/hairy the center bits are. (As always, click on the pic to see a bigger version.)
Looking east on Liberty, with watercolor filter.
It was a gorgeous morning.
Loving the spirea. Excellent chartreuse bokeh setting off the fuchsia flowers.
I've never been fond of hydrangea, but I think it's growing on me.
Excellent leaves!
Gingko in the bright summer sun.
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