Dahlia flowers are big and showy but still very pretty. They naturally form a big circle but I still like to play around with them to see whit kind of patterns form in the middle of the image
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bee
Our necessary bees – this one from the Botanic Gardens. Their star this weekend is the corpse flower “Stinky” that bloomed Sept 1st. It is not pollinated by bees.
artichoke
Artichoke flowers are this brilliant blue purple. here are layers of color.
prickly pear
I liked the random lines created by the spines of this Prickly Pear cactus down at the Botanic Gardens. I’m always surprised to see cactus bloom the flower is so delicate but the plant is so hardy and practical.
California Poppy
Feels like summer is winding down, school begins today for most and Labor Day is only 3 weeks away. Nights are cooler, too.
globe thistle
Globe Thistle is a curious plant and very blue. It is just an interesting shape. Speaking of blue we actually have some blue sky today, yesterday the sky was full of smoke from the fires in California.
rose bud
Rose bud from the Denver Botanic Gardens. DBG is having a Japanese Beetle infestation, on a recent visit there was a volunteer going around hand picking the beetles off the roses. I found an old bug book copyright 1956 that indicated the Japanese Beetle was only located on the east coast- not anymore!
daylily stamen
More flower stamen – these from a daylily. They dance around the edge of the image. I put my images on all kinds of things – mugs, puzzles, playing cards, etc. I took advantage of a free offer and will now have a shopping bag with this image.
bird of paradise flower
The bird of paradise flower has these beautiful long red stamen. A friend held up her blue purse to give me a background and ‘Atomic Flower’ is the result.
show in Palmer Lake, CO
We had our opening last night, two people sold work. Show will be up thru August 24th. Got a nice drive thru pasture land on the way down.