Photos: Flowers vs. Wildflowers

 After last week’s rains, the flowers (and weeds!) are growing like anything. The ground is still damp, making it easier to pull weeds. I worked outside for a little while this morning. It was only about 70°, but felt like 82°. Still quite nice, with birds singing away in all the trees around me.

In the first picture are teeny, tiny wildflowers, aka ‘weeds’ -- a type of scorpionweed. Each of those little blossoms are smaller than my smallest fingernail. If the plant wasn’t so tall and gangly, I’d let it grow. But... it’s a weed. It looks like a weed. So... I take close-ups of the pretty little flowers – and then pull them up.

More old-fashioned roses are blooming, and the Asian lily buds are starting to show color.