Such a pretty Cosmos, kissed by the sun, in the gardens at the Calgary Zoo.

Need to dash and have breakfast and get myself ready, as I want to drive out west just into the mountains, especially as I really want to check on a certain location where the Indian Paintbrush plants seem to be "different". For any of you who are interested in this species of plant, Mark Egger (here on Flickr) is a true, dedicated expert. He has seen a few photos of this particular Paintbrush that I uploaded to Flickr and is rather puzzled by it, so I want to go and take a few further photos of it - IF it is growing there again this summer! To quote from Mark's profile:

"I started this Flickr page to share some of the 15,000+ images I've taken over the last 26 years of the vascular plant genus Castilleja or Indian Paintbrush. I've traveled over much of North, Central and South America in search of these plants and have photographed over 90% of the approximately 200 known species and varieties, as well as publishing five species new to science."