Garden Life

As spring winds down and summer is about to begin, I find my eye drawn to our garden's roses.

This is a "Fourth of July" rose, but we prefer to call it an "Anniversary" rose, because our wedding anniversary is in early July.

Anniversary Flair

This is a Jacob's coat rose:

Orange Joy

More "Anniversary" roses:

Top Down Anniversary

Squiggles

A bee enjoying some Baptisia:

Nosing In

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Rosebud

Today's post is of a rosebud. That's a bud of a rose, not something from the Orson Welles "Citizen Kane" film. Although, perhaps there's some overlap, I'm not really sure... that movie is complicated.

I saw this rosebud in our front yard. "Rose bud", as two words, means the same thing, at least from the online research I did.

This photo was taken handheld using natural morning light with my 60mm macro lens after the water drops of a recent rain remained among the flora in our garden.

Rosebud

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Just Flowers, and a Few Leaves

Here's a collection of flower (and leaf) photos that I've been meaning to share, but hadn't fit into the theme of other posts to date.

Shimmering

Sheets in the Wind 1

Sheets in the Wind 2

Backlit Red Leaves

Backlit Orange Leaves

Brilliant Poppy

Shades of Purple

Burst of Yellow

Wound Up Rose

Rose Center

Two-Color Rose

Orange Rose

Orange Non-rose

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