Flower Buds Against the Sky

I took a little stroll around the neighborhood today, and this is what I've captured:

Yellow Daylilies

Here are more daylilies. I'm not sure what these are called, but they sure are bright and cheery. I wish I had these in my garden to look at every morning. Heck, I wish I had a garden. Haha.

Interesting Pink Flowers

I'm not sure what these flowers are called, but they sure captured by attention when I saw them. The long, slim buds look like fingers pointing up to the sky, and the petals, after full blossom, look like crepe paper.

The Coneflower and the Horseman's Star Flower

The "horseman's star" flower, or Hippeastrum flower
This plant is also called "knight's star" and was named by Honorable Reverend William Herbert, Dean of Manchester for it's resemblance to, of all things, a weapon called "morning star". This weapon was used by horsemen during the medieval times. Behold:


Thank you, Wikipedia! Scary looking, no? (I can only kind of, sort of see the resemblance, though.)


The Coneflower
You almost can't see the bug that's camouflaged so well on the flower.

In Flowers : Photography news, I have been busy playing around with a logo. The process of designing the logo is great fun, but I tend to be a little bit picky, so although I have narrowed it down to two options, it will probably be a while before I place it on the blog. So far, I really like the two that I have.

I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend. I had a late night at the studio, and I am so glad it's finally Friday again.

Daylilies - Power of Light

Daylilies have such interesting names and varieties. Some of them are bold and strong; others, like this one, are soft and delicate. This one is called Power of Light.

More photgraphy from the zoo

Here are more photos from the zoo:


Mr. Distinguished
Looks like a mustachioed man looking for his buddies to invite them to a game of cards and smoke cigars.



The Showboat
This baby giraffe ran and pranced and did all kinds of crazy antics in front of a very amused and captive audience. We stood there, entertained, for a good while until he got tired and went into a shed for a snack.



Up close
The baby doesn't look quite like a baby up close. He's huge!



Red
Sitting here very pensive, despite the group of people observing him.



Up close
I had to zoom in on him quite a bit, so this is not a very good shot, but I love his expression.


Now back to our regularly scheduled program on flowers and photography.

Still photography, but taking a break from flowers...

We went to the zoo, and this little guy has so far been the one with the most character. I love that face. More of him, other animals and flowers soon, but for the meantime, off I go to babysit 6 kids and 3 dogs.

What in the world have I gotten myself into.

If you don't hear from me, send help.

(tee hee.)