FLORA

“So I ran, fearing not where I’d go.
When a flower grows wild
It can always survive.
Wildflowers don’t care where they grow.”
— Dolly Parton

A cluster of multiflora rose blooms in dappled sunlight.

MULTIFLORA ROSE

A cluster of multiflora rose blooms in dappled sunlight.

Rain drops on yellow iris

RAIN DROPS ON IRIS

“It’s the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”
— Laura Ingalls Wilder

A bumblebee is sprinkled with pollen as it works on a thistle blossom.

THISTLE BLOSSOM

They’re called weeds, and many people hate them. But I like the thistle blossoms — and so do the bees.

Rain drops on a pink peony blossom that is slowly opening up.

PINK PEONY

Rain drops encouraged this pink peony blossom to slowly begin opening up.

Frost on multiflora rose leaves.

FROSTED LEAVES

Frost on multiflora rose leaves looks bejeweled.