My mother planted a geranium in my backyard two years ago.  This healthy plant has very nice foliage and a tremendous profusion of blooms.  The color is quite pleasing.  Thank you mother.

Our neighbor has many of these big sunflowers.  We can see most of them because this is a tall plant.  And very beautiful.  Thank you neighbor.

In my mother's yard there are very often beautiful blooms. She reminds me to snap a few shots.  I print them out for her to display in her home.  She enjoys displaying them and I take enjoyment from the fact that they are worthy of display, not this particular one, but some others.

I take many shots of this large plant.  There are many blooms and I try flash, no flash, close ups, low angles, high angles, no angle...this is the only decent shot.  The dark, shiny foliage is almost visible.

Peace

Buttercream

This is a collection of roses cut from our backyard.  Some of these are first year and some are second year roses.  Most planted from bare root.  From top center and going clockwise: Taboo (dark red), JFK (white),  Arizona, Buttercream (yellow), Peace, unidentified purple (planted by the previous homeowner), Tournament of Roses.  Hidden behind Taboo is a rose from a prodigious climber in our front yard.  Another rose planted by the previous owner with many blooms and a nice habit of color changing blooms, from pink to yellow.

Experimenting with exposure compensation of -1 results in a more pleasing image.  The highlights are more detailed.  That is the bright areas of the photo are not overexposed.  I cropped this image and did not do any other post processing.  Hope you like it.