Only Weeds Grow

It's pretty bad when the only green things in the yard are the weeds! We had rain all around us and over us today, but hardly a drop fell. We, like so many in the midwest need rain! 

I really like the soft colors in this picture though.

Lace in the Sunlight

I love seeing Queen Ann's Lace growing at this time of year so while on one of our regular "early morning beat the heat walks" yesterday, I clipped some and brought it home to take a picture of it...of course. =)

Lycoris Pink or also known as Surprise Lilies

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 These late summer beautiful flowers popped up in the last few days.

Mexico, Missouri, is sucking the life out of me/us and has for some time now...I need a different scenery! Just not feeling ANY creative juices. Just want to shake the dust and blow this popsicle stand!

Fragrant Phlox

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Blooming Hostas!

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 This first one if my fav! Love the color. 

Oregano in Bloom

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Pink Zinnias

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I am really tired of the problems with Blogger! Everytime I try to log in to my account, everything crashes!! I had to go in through internet explorer. Anyway, here are some gorgeous zinnias I purchased for the front door entry. Love the pink color!

White Fragrant Phlox

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Gorgeous Color

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Can't get enough of the tiger lily against a blue sky.

Beautiful Color!

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The tiger lily is in bloom and gorgeous! I underexposed my settings, on purpose, to exposure compensation -2, ISO 100, fill flash -2, F11 - F18, 1/250sec, 36 - 47mm approximately on these three photos. The underexposure & fill flash made some gorgeous color...I used a polarized filter too.

Reach for the Sky

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Love the coneflower! It represents summer to me.

One more...in black and white of course!

Sunny Peanut

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This is my daughter's miniature dachshund, Peanut, who I found sunning himself out in the yard this morning.

June 28, 2011 Daylily

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