Cut Flowers - 223/365

Weed Bouquet

These actually came from the garden instead of the gully by the road like the previous flowers.

Summer Flowers - 212/365

Orange Bee - 211/365

July Macros - 194/365

A few macro shots.  The flower in the second shot is butterfly bush, and the teeeeeensy worm is crawling on one individual floweret.  It was probably shorter than the width of my pinkie finger nail!

Flowers - 192/365

My new flower garden is giving me several vases of flowers a week and I love it!  The daisies are actually from an older garden, but they look so clean and pretty that I need to include them.

Flowers - 183/365

Took this late in the evening, so the quality isn't great, but these are just a few flowers I picked for the week.  I've never picked the wild-type roses (center) before, and I'm not sure why!  They look really nice clumped together in a short vase.

Full Garden - 170/365

I love my little garden, and here it is, looking great, with herbs (parsley, thyme, cilantro, oregano, basil), tomatoes (grape and slicing), peas (flat and snap), lettuce (FIVE different kinds), radishes, cucumbers and four kinds of peppers!

I had to put the squashes and pumpkins in overflow gardens!

Mountain Laurel - 163/365

One of my favorites.

Late Spring Flowers - 162/365

Just a couple... a lupine and one of my favorite peonies, "Bowl of Beauty".  Plus a shot of the flower arrangement on our upstairs hall table.  One of my favorite things about spring/summer is being able to have fresh flowers on the table every week.  Makes me smile every time I walk up the stairs.

Marigolds - 153/365

Bought some marigolds to line the front of our side garden, and they looked so stunning just sitting in the driveway, that I had to take a picture.  The colors are practically glowing!

Vegetable Garden - 143/365

Dodging Raindrops - 135/365

We've had nothing but rain, rain, rain, which makes for limited photographic opportunities, but I managed to dodge raindrops to get a couple of shots today.

Our resident bluebird.  This was actually taken from inside my house, through a window, with a 60mm lens.  The crop is nearly 100%, so please excuse the grain.

Tulip.  Even this flower seems to be closed against the weather!

Hosta Leaf - 134/365

More Flowers - 133/365

Phlox

Tulip

Flowers, Flowers, Flowers 132/365

Finally, spring seems like it has arrived... only took until mid-May.

Globe Allium

Bee Wings

Violet

Creeping Phlox130/365

Our creeping phlox is in full bloom right now and this picture doesn't come close to doing it justice.

Tulips - 119/365

Random - 118/365

I found myself taking a lot of pictures today, and I really liked a lot of them, so this is sort of a random entry, with pictures of lots of different things.  Scroll down for some of my favorite magnolia pictures of the season!!

First, Nana and Samuel kissing.

Samuel's post-nap bedhead:

My little garden helpers:

Magnolia:

Lilac-to-be - 117/365

I love this time of the year when every day you can see the plants growing, bit by bit.

Shy Magnolia - 111/365

Magnolia, one of my favorite flowers to photograph.