Photogenic

taken:
day fifty five
08.14.2013

Just another beautiful cosmos blossom. This one, a 'picotee'. Cosmos are very photogenic. I can't help but snap dozens of photos of them every day or so. You might say I'm obsessed with these graceful and lovely beauties!

Prettiness

taken:
day fifty four
08.13.2013

On this day I took the boys to a new park. It was just a plain old park. Nothing too special except it had several soccer fields. 

So while the boys raced from goal to goal, I meandered around looking for something pretty. I found some wild flowers growing in an overgrown area of the park.

These purple wild flowers caught my eye. Bees were buzzing about enjoying their purple prettiness too.

My favorite part of searching for prettiness is stumbling on something that would otherwise be overlooked.

Delicate And Durable

taken:
day fifty three
08.12.2013

Here's some hens & chicks growing in a container along our front sidewalk. They're a fun little addition to a container garden. I like the subtle hint of pink stemming up from the base and the itty bitty spikes outlining each and every leaf. How is it that succulents look delicate and durable all at the same time?

Sunlit

taken:
day fifty two
08.11.2013

After I cut a bouquet of my annabelle hydrangeas and placed the vase on my kitchen window sill, I noticed how pretty the leaves looked with the bright sunshine streaming in behind them. I adore how defined the sunlit veins are. They remind me of tiny little roads on a tiny little neighborhood road map.

Fluke

taken:
day fifty one
08.10.2013

I just might have a thing for these tiny bees OR maybe they have a thing for me? They seem to always be around these days when I'm out exploring. While I was snapping some shots of this 'bright lights' cosmos, this tiny bee landed for one single quick moment and it just so happened that the focus was dead on. I literally had one split second to press the shutter before it flew off. I love little flukes like that!

Color

taken:
day fifty
08.09.2013

Color, it's happening! This zinnia, from the other day, is changing, growing, emerging and brightening with color. This is a 'queen red lime' zinnia, a new variety I've never grown before. 

Adorned

taken:
day forty nine
08.08.2013

The morning sprinkler left water drops dripping from all the blooming flowers in my garden. This pretty pink lily adorned one of the refreshing droplets.

Fuzzy

taken:
day forty eight
08.07.2013

It's the time of the season when sunflowers make their appearance. This 'strawberry blonde' sunflower is along a border in the back of my veggie garden. I love the fuzzy texture of it's swelling flower bud that is close to opening any moment now.

Sweet Little Orange

taken:
day forty seven
08.06.2013

This sweet little orange daisy is growing in a container on our back deck.

Anticipation

taken:
day forty six
08.05.2013

The zinnias that I planted from seed this spring are just starting to open. The buds look so interesting just before it's petals slowly uncurl, full of possibility and anticipation. I can't wait to see this one in full color once it's completely revealed.

Wispy Whimsy

taken:
day forty five
08.04.2013

Some wispy fountain grass that I have growing in a container garden along our front sidewalk. Fountain grass is one of my favorite things to plant in a container garden. I love their purple blades of foliage and soft plumes that emerge later in the summer adding some fun texture and whimsy.

Sparkling

taken:
day forty four
08.03.2013

Here's some wild grass sparkling in the golden evening sunshine. I'm in love with the way the setting sun illuminates with magical and glittery sprinkles of light. It's so fun searching for light, the right angle and a subject that will glisten.

Any Moment

taken:
day forty three
08.02.2013

Just a lonely wild sunflower growing among some other prairie flowers. 

It's about to pop open at any moment now.

Teeter Tottering

taken:
day forty two
08.01.2013

On a nature walk with my boys and my mom we saw this dragonfly teeter tottering on some tall prairie grass. The dragonfly fought the wind, shifting back and forth, this way and that, using it's wings to keep balance, struggling to stay perched. Then it would take to flight for just a brief second, loop around and land right back on top of the tall prairie grass, hunting in the usual manner that dragonflies do.