Greetings this fine Saturday. I am pulling this post together ahead of time, because I am going to take a day trip further north and we plan on leaving early. If all goes well I will have this finished and uploaded just as we are leaving, or I may upload it later today so I do not risk losing it. We will be back late afternoon. We will be on a large river and do some swimming. I plan on taking camera gear and hopefully gets some photographs.

This week I find myself struggling again for which picture should be first. I am going to try this new flower and see how it looks. I can always move it before I post. For those who are familiar with chicks n hens this is what one of their blooms looks like. It developed a stalk and then this bloom opened. We had the stalk show last year, but this was a first bloom. We had no idea they would offer us a bloom. It is so unique I decided to place it first:

![IMG_3193-a.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPPLnqm4AGJrKkEQAPaFsX1k9SQ4a9WjtuZ65qZUMJuba/IMG_3193-a.JPG) This next flower I may have posted a different photograph last week, but this is the first time I used this photograph. It may even be the same blossom, although a slightly different perspective. I just love the depth of the color: ![IMG_3182-a.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWru6RSUBGMeneuFWpMi2CY1gARKpniT1AZnmRiCebyap/IMG_3182-a.JPG)

I have only been able to post one photograph of a butterfly, because they never want to cooperate with me and pose for a nice photograph. I was able to capture a different species feeding on a daisy:

![IMG_2912-a.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNqf86m5d6QMJn1LawgVjAnYeW3uEr6BfWCmcrdXce8qF/IMG_2912-a.JPG)

I thought I would offer a photograph of part of my garden. In the back of the garden are my potatoes, which were planted very late, yet are doing well. I dug one bush to see how they were doing and the potatoes were small as I expected, but everything looks promising for a nice harvest. In the front is my onions and Shallots. There are plenty of weeds in my onions, which I pull when they get too big. I kept them clean until they were well established

![IMG_3170.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWZiL5om5AV3ZqqutmXgJZvEjXTg13Aop6s6xa5BvD4uN/IMG_3170.JPG) This next flower I have in a pot but will be planting soon in one of my flower beds. It is a perennial, so I would like to get the roots established in the ground before winter sets in. ![IMG_3067-a.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXNtGvdM7DCfXWB2Prcs28iSpNDRRkFXpH176QPbRze5e/IMG_3067-a.JPG) I have posted one of my Calendula flowers a few weeks ago, but this one's coloring is a little different. ![IMG_3247-a.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXgfz9KQei1EX5oCZzSPHY3SmmDiKyxYhBsGSPNMrcJkh/IMG_3247-a.JPG) I am sure there are a few people who are wondering: "What, no roses?" Well I saved the rose for last because I thought it would be a nice way to close out this post. The heat impacted some of the edges of some petals, although I find it is a real beauty. I just love the coloring. ![IMG_2963-a.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdgQLbrAdw1ApRzicqc4teH7yAcZHonGAayiJeRtkSx82/IMG_2963-a.JPG) This brings us to the end of this weekends post. I hope everyone enjoys my photographs. I am using a Canon EOS Rebel T5 for all of these photographs, except where noted. Most of my floral photographs I am using a Marco-lens that came with my camera. Upvotes and resteem are always welcome. In the event anyone wants to use one of my photos please ask and give me credit. Have a great weekend! NAMESTE

mayna