If you’ve been visiting for awhile you know that my favorite flowers are dahlias, so it will come as no surprise that I was thrilled to see that four five of the many dahlias were already in bloom yesterday. And though I focused on the roses because they seemed to be at their peak, I couldn’t resist also shooting some shots of the early dahlias.
This one was so bright that you’d almost think it was a bright, sunny day
if it weren’t for the rain soaked petals, of course.
The fire-engine red dahlia
with it’s contrasting yellow stamen seemed equally brilliant.
My favorite, though, was this
much more subdued orange dahlia with it triangular-shaped petals. I may love this flower almost as much as the bees do.
You’ve got me curious why dahlias are your favorites. I don’t disagree, but I am curious. Care to elaborate?
Not really sure that there is a reason, Paul, but I think I like the strong geometric patterns; they remind me of mandalas or kaleidoscopes.
Yeah, they do indeed look a bit like mandalas. Thanks!
We don’t see a lot of dahlias in East Texas. They’re beautiful!