Currently blooming

Besides the gerbera daisies, here is what I'm enjoying around here these days (click on each picture to enlarge):

Petunias (loving the yellow/purple ones!):

Clustered bellflowers: 

Bachelor Buttons: 

 

Nonstop Begonias:

 

Phlox:

Dianthus: 

Gazanias (my favorites right now): 

Velvet and silk

Does anything in this photo grab your attention? (Click it to enlarge, and maybe it'll grab it a little harder.)

This grabbed mine, and I couldn't resist getting the camera again:

It looked so velvety. But of course after it opened up fully, it looked like the solid-colored ones on the right in the top photo.

And as for the silk, it's time for another corn update:

(Click to enlarge.)

Morning pretties

I couldn't resist grabbing the camera this morning, despite the misty fog coming at me. It's just a good thing I had my back to the wind, or my lens would've gotten wet. Such a common, simple flower, but aren't they gorgeous?!