Lily at The Freeze in Crystal Lake enjoying a chocolate ice cream cone that had been dipped in a candy coating called “Blue Raspberry.”
Category: Crystal Lake
First Grade
Nathan started first grade today. His excitement in getting on the bus this morning was palpable.
close-up
Cone flower and cone-flower head detail. Those white spots are not dust or dirt, but small bugs. The photo on the right is a 50% zoom view of the flower head.
the battle is nearly over
One of the last day lily flowers to bloom in our flower beds this year.
whorl
After the clematis flower blooms and falls away, what’s left in the center is a seed head, the seeds all clustered together tightly. These are technically called achene.