flower power

considering that flowers aren't really the focus of my gardening efforts (i'm all about the food, ya'll), i do have a few scattered about the yard(s), and can't help photographing them! i love all the bees and butterflies they attract, and appreciate the splashes of color from spring to late fall. feast your eyes upon all of this summer color...


cosmo between the edamame and the black-eyed susans


my zinnia circle (in our old yard)


a small poppy, in my mixed flower bed (old place)


a surprise, unknown flower in a butterfly mix


two varieties of cosmos


i hesitate to show these, because the color is nothing close to the real thing.


these morning glories are more of a deep, velvety purple.


cosmo admires his namesake


cosmo eats a cosmo


love-in-a-mist


mixed flower bed


cosmo checks out a bumble bee on the purple coneflower


dewy lotus (from the farmer's market)


lotus glows


a variety of cosmos growing along the creek down the street


cosmo harvesting cosmo seeds


dwarf sunflower (old place)


full sized sunflower!


nature's geometry


this is a Datura wrightii or Sacred Datura (new place)

the huge flowers open up at sundown


they bloom all night, and into the next morning


our landlord planted these zinnia's before he moved


they have been a real draw for butterflies