The first of our sunflowers to bloom. This, and many others, grew from discarded or buried seeds from the bird feeders this winter.
Category: Nature
summon
One of our first lily flowers of 2012, readying itself to open.
hop with style
A small leaf-hopper bug on the leaf of one of our Stargazer Lily plants.
stargazer lily
One of our stargazer lily plants before any flowers. Photo by Nate.
fly on a goat
In Millennium Park there were a ton of the same type of fly (like this one) on a goatsbeard shrub. They were just slowly walking up and down the small flowers, feeding.