Sweet little black-eyed susan vine flowers climbing their way up some weathered wood. Such a wonderful contrast of the fresh & vibrant flowers intertwined with the old & paint-flaking barn board.

Bright colors, cool textures… and nothing GREEN!
I love how this coleus is just a fun burgundy red color
“outlined” by a golden frame!

Another amazing hydrangea bush in full bloom… with these wonderful cascading “cones” of white flowers. Not really sure what kind of hydrangea this is?… but I’m pretty sure I “need” one! Perfect for a natural TEXTURE TUESDAY!

A simple single white rose…
nestled on top of a stamped & soda-fired ikebana vase.

More raindrops. More happy lilies. I’m getting a little tired of all this rain… but the plants outside sure are loving it!!!

Greeting the day with some orange day lilies…
excited to see the sun again after several days of gray & rain.

Along the way while pedaling Old Route 66 last weekend, I took a few moments to “smell the roses” so to speak… or at least admire the wildflowers blooming on the side of the road.

Well, the rain is here… and it looks like it’s sticking around for the next few days! At least the lilies on our street are loving it. There’s a condo building 1/2 a block away that has these amazing & fragrant lilies in their garden every year! Even more beautiful with the raindrops lingering on each of the petals.

Along the way, we biked passed a LOT of fields of corn & soybeans today. But the coolest “farm field” was a small strip of sunflowers blooming along side of the road. Not your normal everyday sunflowers, but beautiful hybrids in dark rusts, browns & oranges! The flowers were beautiful… and the un-opened spiky buds were pretty darn cool too!

Such a sweet little stamped vase with some beautiful roses.
Thanks Rhonda for sharing your flowers in one of my soda-fired vases!