I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.I would dearly love to see what M. Monet would make of these flowers! I snapped the picture a few days ago, while the temperature hovered in the low 80s. After weeks of low humidity and clear skies -- our usual summer pattern, but not the best condition for growing green -- it was a lovely surprise to see anything coming up, much less such a lovely variety of wildflowers. How many can you count?
~Claude Monet
I'm calling this grouping "strawflowers" only because they seem as brittle and fragile as dried flowers, not because they are of the strawflower variety.
They only recently bloomed, however, and when they are watered, take the welcoming moisture in their stride and reach for the sky with renewed vigor. Their brilliant petals defy their washed out stems and leaves and even from a distance pop with color so welcoming, they make my heart glad. I love them!
My friend, in whose garden these flowers reside, said he was so happy to see them finally grow and bloom, after our dreadfully cold and wet Spring and recent blistering weather.
There is nothing sweeter than a patch of colorful flowers brightening up the landscape in unexpected places. I hope you have such a patch nearby and have the opportunity to enjoy it everyday.
For more information: Monet biography and works, wildflowers, strawflowers.
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