The color red

 The hibiscus is blooming and blooming...

From Lowe's

 This was taken at Lowe's, with my phone.  

From the old days....

 Taken a few years back...

Photo from my granddaughter....

 Our granddaughter sent photos to me the other night...this was among them.  

Taken by my daughter...

 

The Birch Bayh Federal Building and US Courthouse in Indianapolis..

Hibiscus

 Just one of many, many blooms...

another from the archives/..

 This is another taken with my phone.  

From the archives

 This was taken with my phone in 2019...

Red

Just one of many that will probably be appearing here...
 

Beauty to come...

 I can't think how long I have had this hibiscus...maybe 5 yrs.  It is the second season here.  I don't think I have ever seen it have this many buds on one branch before.

More blue and white...

 Another image from the antique mall....

Look what I saw

 I wish I had had my good camera with me when I saw this...laying  under some trees.  I thought it quite interesting...

Another beauty in the making...

 And it is also at Eagle Creek Nursery...

Beautiful blue and white....

 This is a quick snap from an antique mall the girls and I went to weekend before last.

Strutting....

Roosters are so photogenic...
 

Beautiful....

If I were a frog, I would hang out on lily pads, too. Or should I say lotus pads...
 

A quick snap from Eagle Creek Nursery

 This is a type of hydrangea...but I don't recall the name.  It is one my daughter likes.  And frankly, I have never seen one I disliked.

From the road

 I was on the way to an appointment yesterday and got held up at a 4-way stop or I would not have gotten this.  It was taken with my phone and in real life is sort of faded out.

Just waiting on a friend...

A pair of turtles...taking in the sun.
 

Milkweed

 When I was a kid, I did not appreciate the beauty of the milkweed flower...they are really gorgeous.

Isn't it lovely

 I just love daylilies with the frilly edges!

Missing these....

 I am wondering how far I would have to travel to see any of these...I feel sure some place nearer than back home has them, but I know not where to find them.  

A favorite subject....

 Dragonflies are one of my most favorite things to photograph.  This is from a few years ago.

From the yard

 It was up in the day, a dry windy day when I spotted this cluster of water droplets on a spider web.

Mother and Child/children

 This is just a tiny portion of the original photo...I will try to get out with good camera before this set of babies have fledged.  I totally missed the first set.  My daughter plans to take down this wreath soon as these have flown away. (There are actually two babies.)

Another shot of the begonia

 I just cannot quit taking pictures...maybe because I feel like I have yet to capture the real beauty.

Little friend...

This is from 2022....she was coming regular till a neighbor had a lot of work done which included sawing and hammering.  I never saw her again...
 

From the back yard

 How appropriate that this flew over the neighborhood today...this is just a tiny cropped portion of the pic and I have fiddled with it trying to make it clear.  It was so high up, and in front of clouds a big lot of the time.  I did not think I was ever going to get it half focused.  And it was not so much the focus that made it blurred, it was me shaking.

Smile!

 I have posted this before and suppose I will post it again someday.  I did not know that grasshoppers looked like this till I took this picture.

July 2015

  And older photo...taken 9 yrs ago.  I loved having sunflowers and watching the birds on them.  They were right outside our dining room window...maybe 6 or 8 feet away.

Ready for one

I wish I had this tomato now...and about a dozen more just like it.  
 

In the neighborhood today

Our daughter was mowing the yard and sent a text that it was hunting again...I grabbed my camera and got a couple half decent shots.  We have seen it three times now.  We are pretty sure it is an Osprey.  Anyone that knows for sure either way, I am open to your idea.  
 

I was wrong!

 This and the previous post of a rose are from the same rose bush, but they are not the Oso Easy Italian Ice.  I thought my daughter had said they were all the same rose, but these roses out back are a different variety.  But they do change color.  They are supposed to be coral colored and stay that way about a day and then change to the more pink color.   Right now, due to some heavy rain the past day or two, there are a lot of petals on the ground.

Heading out to work...

I need to find the original of this and see if I can count how many horses there actually are.  This was taken in Parke County, Indiana.
 

Oso Easy Italian Ice Rose

 The title is not a mistake in spelling...our daughter has 5 or 6 of these roses, this 'color'...I say 'color' that way because the roses change how they look.  I am not sure if it is the age of the flowers, the amount of sunshine/cloudy days they have.  I have not even tried to find the reason.  But the roses change how they look almost daily.    

Just a few turtles...

 I am again digging through the archives...this has been posted before.  I love to find turtle on logs, soaking up the sun.

Poised for flight...

 Taken several years go...with a little Canon Powershot SX700 HS

Hollyhock

 This is a shot from 2017...I love hollyhocks but have only raised them a couple years.

From last fall

 This was just a quick snap with my phone as I was leaving one morning...I love seeing spiderwebs with dew but never seem to get a real good shot.

From 2023

 One of the last shots I have taken of the moon...not my greatest shot, yet there is something about it that I like...

Honey Locust

I have missed seeing the Honey Locusts this year...
 

From the neighbor's yard...

 Our neighbors sometimes feeds the birds...but not all the time.  I enjoy watching what comes and goes, specially the Bluebirds.  But they are never in a place where I can get a photograph.

Scene from the past

I totally love a day when the sky/clouds are like this.

 

American Robin

 One thing about here, you can almost always look out and see a couple robins, if not more.  

A not so loved carpenter's bee

 I tried snapping this and was amazed I managed to get one at all.  I will say I missed a lot because it was not still long enough.

Tulip

 I cannot stop taking photos of these tulips.  This particular variety.  The tulips in general have lasted longer than I remember any lasting...I think this variety is nearer to being completely done than the others.  My photos do not do it justice though.

Yum!!!

 My daughter went for a quick walk over the weekend, and found these two beside the walking trail.  I wish it had been about 100 times as many.  But I cleaned them and fried them for Roger.

A better view

 

It was finally warm enough with no rain to get out and take a photo of her, or him.  I suppose I don't really know whether it is the mom or dad.

From the archives

 I wish I were traveling down this road now...even if I can't remember exactly where it is, I do know the general area.

One of my favorite flowers

 This was taken last summer at a local greenhouse...