Sunday, June 28, 2009

Today's Flowers # 46

My friend Luiz from Brazil does the Today's Flowers Meme, check it out. Come and join with your flower photos. Sunday at 4 GMT is the post time.

Today, I am showing some unusual flowers. You will see why in a bit. Do you love this blue color?
This is the same one with a Bee Fly adding to the show.
This is a different one. Check out the color in the top of the flower. Aren't they just beautiful?
Well, here is the place I took the close-ups. Yes, the first two are wild Bachelor Buttons / Cornflowers and the last one is a Burdock plant in the center that makes the burrs that attach to your clothes and dog's fur. We would normally call them weeds along side the road near one of my favorite spots little Fish Creek.
The beauty of flowers is in the eye of the beholder.
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32 comments:

  1. LouiseJune 28, 2009 at 12:38 PM

    I love those colors for flowers! Great close-ups!

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  2. jabblogJune 28, 2009 at 1:07 PM

    How right you are! After all a weed is just a flower growing in the wrong place. We have lots of weeds in our garden - quite intentionally. Goodness knows what the neighbours think!

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  3. RoseJune 28, 2009 at 1:20 PM

    These are so beautiful...

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  4. CarverJune 28, 2009 at 1:30 PM

    Those are beautiful shots of the flower. I always call anything I don't plant a volunteer because sometimes the volunteer flowers (weeds by any other name) are my favorites.

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  5. SquirrelQueenJune 28, 2009 at 1:38 PM

    Beautiful, I love the second one with the Bee fly. He is different from the ones I am seeing here, great shot.
    Have a wonderful day,
    SQ

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  6. Unseen India ToursJune 28, 2009 at 2:15 PM

    Fantastic trail of beautiful flowers !! So colorful..Loved this one..Unseen Rajasthan

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  7. NaturegirlJune 28, 2009 at 5:07 PM

    Fishing Guy I love them both! I drink Burdock root tea..good for cleansing the liver and bladder of toxins! Every healthfood store would sell it in bulk! Tastes sweet!

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  8. Anne-SophieJune 28, 2009 at 5:12 PM

    Really beautiful flowers! I wish you a nice week!

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  9. MaryJune 28, 2009 at 5:15 PM

    Love the cornflowers and thistles! Beautiful!

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  10. SandyCarlsonJune 28, 2009 at 5:48 PM

    Stunning, my friend. I love these. They brighten our fields and roadsides.

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  11. CarlettaJune 28, 2009 at 5:51 PM

    That first one looks as delicate as crepe paper! :)
    Nice shots FG.

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  12. Happily Retired GalJune 28, 2009 at 6:02 PM

    Lovely lavender blossoms for sure! No wonder the bee found it inviting.
    Hugs and blessings,

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  13. VALKYRIENJune 28, 2009 at 6:43 PM

    Wonderful closeups! And I love that pale blue flower, it looks so fragile! The weeds I know well! They are growing everywhere, and my little dog always have 10 - 20 of them attached to him, after a walk during autumn. But - they are quite pretty when they bloom!

    Wish you a great week!

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  14. Mark KreiderJune 28, 2009 at 7:48 PM

    Fantastic macros! Thanks for bringing me to your memes. I'm enjoying them very much!

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  15. i beatiJune 28, 2009 at 8:00 PM

    makes me feel I'm out in field walking sandy

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  16. TipperJune 28, 2009 at 8:16 PM

    I think weeds that bloom-are among the prettiest flowers.

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  17. Betsy Banks AdamsJune 28, 2009 at 8:43 PM

    That is so true, Tom... I'm looking at more things now than I ever did before. All of those 'weeds' now are gorgeous flowers... How 'bout that????

    Betsy

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  18. Ruth's Photo BlogJune 28, 2009 at 9:40 PM

    I agree,beauty is in the eye of the beholder.Weeds still have lovely flowers.Thanks for showing these.
    bLessings,Ruth

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  19. Corner Gardener SueJune 28, 2009 at 10:30 PM

    There are some lovely blooming wildflowers and weeds. Great shots! (I have a wild milkweed that somehow got planted in one of my front yard beds. I am going to make sure it doesn't go to seed, but leave it to see if any Monarchs find it.)

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  20. Regina June 28, 2009 at 11:33 PM

    Wow, truly superb.
    Beautiful blooms.

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  21. JamaJune 29, 2009 at 12:00 AM

    The weeds can be beautiful too, if only we pay them a second look! these are gorgeous!

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  22. Pietro BrosioJune 29, 2009 at 12:54 AM

    Splendid close-ups, Fishing Guy!
    I think you've used the macro mode, haven't you?

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  23. UnknownJune 29, 2009 at 1:58 AM

    Seeing these lifts my spirits.

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  24. Tammie LeeJune 29, 2009 at 2:19 AM

    lovely wildflower photos~

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  25. SAPhotographs (Joan)June 29, 2009 at 4:52 AM

    Hello Tom. Sorry I am late in posting comments but I was away for the weekend. I recognised te first one immediately as we have cornflowers here too. I find that bees are very much attracted to flowers of this color.

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  26. Digital Flower PicturesJune 29, 2009 at 7:17 AM

    Wildflowers are great too. That first one looks like a Chickory flower.

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  27. Marie ReedJune 29, 2009 at 8:14 AM

    I especially like how you framed the first one! What a gorgeous splash of blue!

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  28. WillardJune 29, 2009 at 8:37 AM

    Beautiful flower shots, Tom. I have thought a lot about that concept. At one time I had to mow every part of my lot, but then I developed a taste for seeing the "weeds" and leave a portion of the lot as a reverting meadow to promote the growth of them. I also planted a commercial wildflower mix and will post shots of them later if they grow, but the rabbits and woodchucks may have something to say about that.

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  29. DarlaJune 29, 2009 at 9:18 AM

    You captured those quite nicely.

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  30. Luiz Santilli JrJune 29, 2009 at 12:01 PM

    Fishing,

    Interesting and wonderful series!
    Beautiful flowers and colors.
    Thanks for posting for TODAY'S FLOWERS.

    Luiz

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  31. Craver ViiJune 29, 2009 at 2:40 PM

    Those cornflowers have the most interesting petals, and the filaments in the top shot look a little like spider legs, don't they? Thanks for braving the burrs to get up close and personal with these beauties.

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  32. AnonymousJune 29, 2009 at 4:06 PM

    Tom-Great Photo's...the flowers are right up my "hippy" style ally! And they are so vibrant with life...thanks for sharing :D

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