"Good Morning!" says the little grasshopper, peaking from the zinnia petals. "Welcome to today!"
The Tom Thumb Tomato flowers delicately hang in the morning light.
A Paper/Everlasting Daisy greets the summer sun and begins it's daily ritual of opening and closing.
A deeper coloured Paper Daisy bud, also ready to open.
By midday you can see the same bud and the flower behind soaking up the hot sunshine.
Each of these photos were taken this morning and each of these plants is self-seeded. Some I have transplanted to keep the garden a little more organised. I love having bonus or self-seeded plants. You may remember the delights I shared of my first zinnia patch last summer. This year the delights remain and also the surprises as the seedlings pop up here and there through the garden.
I hope you have some lovely surprises in your day today also!
Sharing at Weekly Top Shot.
Beautiful! thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeletecute little buggy! love to see some colorful posts, everything is snow-white in my area..
ReplyDeleteYou must have read my thoughts last night. I was thinking how I was in desperate need of some flowers around me and there you are his morning, thank you so much. Gorgeous pictures!
ReplyDeleteBye,
Marian
Muy buenas fotografías. Y la del saltamontes es muy divertida.
ReplyDeleteTe deseo una feliz Navidad.
Saludos
Such a lovely way to start my day. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteFoto di una bellezza incredibile!!!!
ReplyDeleteCinzia
Beautiful pictures with lovely colors....nice done Karen.
ReplyDeleteGreetings, Joop
I thoroughly enjoy your eye for detail...thank you for helping us see the intricate design of the world
ReplyDeletegorgeous image! :)
ReplyDeleteThese are fantastic. I love especially the itsy-bitsy grasshopper. I love that they're self seeded. The only self-seeding I get is around the bird feeder.
ReplyDeleteExquisite flowers, beautiful colors, wonderful thoughts and the perfect way to start my day, Karen! Thank you for the beauty as always! Wishing you and your family a most wonderful, joyous and Merry Christmas!!
ReplyDeletePiękne zdjęcia ślicznych, teraz u Ciebie kwitnących kwiatów. Pozdrawiam.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures of cute, now blossoming in you. Yours.
Perfect macros!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteAll great photos but that first one with the cute little grasshopper is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteGreat Macro serie.
ReplyDeleteGreetings,
Filip
Ich komme ganz schnell zu dir, denn ich möchte auch Sommer und Wärme und so wunderschöne Blüten.
ReplyDeleteLG Mathilda ♥
I love how the grasshopper is color coordinated with the stamens of the flower!!!
ReplyDeleteYou do such a wonderful job of composition/framing...
love your macros!!! And how wonderful to have such exquisite surprises in your garden...can't say that our garden has ever had such beautiful surprises:(
where in Australia are you???
The colours, the beauty, the vivid green background, such a tonic for my winter-weary eyes! Even more so because I get to enjoy all this without lifting a (gardening) finger :) Thank you.
ReplyDeleteSo nice to see your beautiful flowers in the midst of winter. That little grasshopper is so cute. What a fabulous photo.
ReplyDeleteHugs~
Beautiful imagines to end my day. Have a wonderful rest of your week and a very Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant photos. I love how you've managed to capture the grasshopper so clearly.
ReplyDeleteThank-you for sharing xox
I have seen these paper daisies before! They are amazing and don't look real. You have captured them beautifully!
ReplyDeleteOur weather here is gray, our gardens are brown. It's so nice to see some pretty flowers and color this time of year!
ReplyDeleteOn this extremely cold winter night... your flowers make me smile! :) That is the neatest shot of a grasshopper I think I have ever seen! Love it.
ReplyDeleteLindas estas flores, muito lindas.
ReplyDeleteBeijos
Ah comme c'est beau !!
ReplyDeletewow! beautiful floral shots!
ReplyDeletefirst one is my favourite in this post!
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Such lovely flowers! Love the grasshopper! Nice to remember what summer looks like; cold here. Thanks for brightening my day! xx
ReplyDeleteWell, hello little fellow!
ReplyDeleteLovely flowers.
exquisite series... each so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOh my what exquisite macros... Thank you for sharing on Weekly Top Shot #62!
ReplyDeleteSuch a teeny a teeny tiny grasshopper! Beautiful photography as always ;)
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