My kind of colours in this lovely close up Keith, I do like the detail and the background bokeh.

Nice to see beautiful flowers in the morning ! Have a good week ahead, Keith !

A lovely photo! BBBD

Wonderful colours and details Keith.

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beautiful orange!

very nice!

These I do have in the garden, and they are coming to an end now. They put all that energy into the strong colours and then fade after a day! What a shame :)
Two lovely pictures from your garden Keith. Have a good evening.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh!! So magnificent! Such gorgeous blossoms, aren't they? Your picture is perfect. Serves as an example why there are so many people who collect these for their garden... the outrageous colors are mesmerizing and so addictive! Look at all of the different kinds on this page!!! www.gilberthwild.com/products.asp?dept=18 I want them all! :D Heh...and so do the ground squirrels and deer, the stinkers!

As for that robin I photographed--funny that they are called robins because American and European Robins aren't even remotely related. European settlers were reminded of their lovely bird at home because of the red color and named it the American Robin. Personally, I am in love with the European variety, which I adore and would love to see some day. The American Robin isn't at all dainty in comparison and you'd never call it "cute" or "round". But they are marvelous ubiquitous birds that I love as well, for their own delightful traits.

Glad you liked my reflected caterpillar, I took pictures with no real hope that anything would turn out, so I was overjoyed when I got some crisp winners to choose amongst! :)

I hope you are all ready to receive the mini monkey squad and the other family members that will be visiting this week! :D Have a lovely day!!

I prefer the tobacco flavour of the Day lily over the Dahlia and even more so when the flower is a day or two past it's best. (Not much coming from me at the moment, took the camera to Norwich today and didn't even take it out of the bag)

Another cracker. Fabulous colour and beautiful long curved stamens. Love the alternating colour on the petals.

Thank you all very much for your comments and stars! Much appreciated.