Flowers in the rain

Shooting in the rain may be a tad unpleasant, but it makes the colors more vibrant & the flowers that much more beautiful! These peonies are in front of my house, and I love watching them spring to life every year. Incredible how fast they grow...

And a lovely rhododendron... or azalea? The orange flowers that I posted earlier are already gone.

...and the flowers keep coming!

My peonies & irises are going crazy. (I question the logic of flowers that are so enormous & heavy that the stems break, but whatever.)

even my spider plant bloomed for the first time

In the mood for spring/summer

Dahlia are among my favorite flowers...

This lil' guy reminds me of "Little Shop of Horrors"

mini hitchhiker

You can't fully appreciate a Monarch until you've seen it up close!

Thought I'd post some photos (some new; some from previous years) to remind me why this is my favorite season! (And also to remind me that I still need to plant my dahlia & lavendar...ugh.)