earth to holly

Here’s a bed of echinacea flowers that has seen better days, but the occupants are still quite showy thanks to those strawberry-like centers…mmm. In the background you can see a brick corner that belongs to the old colonial house that sits on the park property.

As the flower head opens, the petals will start turning down forming a cone shape. After all, it does belong to the plant family called Asteraceae that is commonly called Coneflower.

Okay, I had to get on the ground, on my back for this one. You are welcome in advance. *big smile*

Finally, I hoped to capture a photo of this bee mid-meal, but he readied to take flight right as I snapped.