these flowers share a large pot with daisies, snapdragons, lobelia, and dahlia. every morning I check these flowers, deadheading the faded blossoms and marveling at the tiny changes each new day brings. ants make their home in the humid shade of their leaves. occasional ladybugs appear.

one of the nice things about having a “permanent” place to live is having the time and space for flower planters. these happy flowers are sitting beside my front walk, enjoying the shade of a big old tree.

another strange and lovely flower that manages to thrive in the colorado desert. walking through the national monument, your mind constantly shifts from the enormous — the incredible geologic formations — and the tiny — these delicate, tenacious flowers. we were lucky to be there to see these blossoms while they were still soaking in the springtime.

spring has made it to colorado’s desert and the stark, majestic landscape is dotted with color. these little yellow flowers were everywhere!

an indian paintbrush, in all of its vivid, hairy glory, blooms in the desert outside grand junction, co.

from the front, these daisies are pure paper white. from the back, they are a deep, luxurious people.

I planted a couple of hanging baskets for our front porch. so far, these red lace dianthum are the happiest and most prolific of the bunch. once it gets warmer, maybe the others will cheer up too.

all flowers are manifestations of sacred geometry, but the straw flower is something else. its sharp, almost chitinous petals etch cosmic patterns with unequaled precision. just bought a batch of this sunburst variety to plant in our garden!