Nature in general makes me happy, so it shows up on my blog more often than not. And here it is again-another post of flowers around my yard. What is blooming where you are?
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| One of several sunflowers that the birds planted. However, tomato plants win the prize for the most plants planted by birds this year. They were everywhere. When I could, I dug them up and gave them to friends saved and a few for myself. |
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| Lady bug on a zucchini leaf. I didn't realize that there were so many different kinds of lady bugs until I saw a chart from Cornell. This one is a North American native species, Coleomegilla maculata. |
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| The ever-faithful begonias that I plant in front of my house each year. They require essentially no attention and just keep blooming. |
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| Mexican sunflower |
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| Coneflowers |
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| Bumble bee on allium. Notice the large pollen sacs on either side of its legs. I have never seen ones this big before or ones on both sides at once. This has definitely been a busy bee. :) |
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| Black-eyed Susan |
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| Marigold |
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| Cosmos |
Until next time...
