Flowers

Look, I know that gardens are about lots of things: form and structure and pattern and balance and texture and space and so on.

And in our garden here at home you must add to that list FOLIAGE and THORNS. Sometimes both at once. (Phrodaux here: don't forget stench and fire!)

This is certainly not a cute cottagey cutting garden, that's for sure. But sometimes, a girl just needs some flowers.

They can be just plain old purty (as Phrodaux would say),

 Or pretty but elusive (8 feet up in the air, hiding behind the Davidia leaves),

 Or a stunning shade of blue with wicked spikes.

 

Then again, any flower armed like this is a friend of mine. 

It's good if they are all trumpety, to attract hummingbirds,

And nice if they are colors seldom seen.

 

When all is said and done, though, it's the mutants from outer space
that really float my boat. 

So there you have it, a few little pretty bits from around here. A big nod to all real photographers...this close up thing is HARD. And the light, why is that so tricky? The FQ has a lot to learn. Thanks for sticking with us while she does.