Beauties with some Beasts

Just for the fun of it, there is a need for some imagination to see the flowers that I am flaunting today.

As I was deciding whether to focus on the yellow fungus or  pink periwinkle, Pichu went in between to make the decision for me.

Does this wasp look any less evil surrounded with soft colours of the flowers?

What do you see? Beauty or Sting?

The wasp doesn't look very friendly but it is definitely very hardworking, scraping wood endlessly to build a nest even under the hot sun.

This sweet looking Bougainvillea is from a nearby park.

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False Start

Desert Rose is blooming beautifully with periwinkle growing wildly behind it.

Skippers seem to be attracted to both the desert rose and periwinkle.

A skipper butterfly is named as such because of its quick, darting flight habits.

I'm happy to see them but as you know, I'm quite happy to see any critters in my garden.

With the 3 collages above, did you START to imagine a nice, neat and colourful garden, filled with butterflies?

Well, that would be a FALSE START.

See reality below.

In reality, Clifford would slam the cockcomb flowers with his face and lie down on them.

In reality, Goldee would look for critters beneath the cabbages and even trample over the cabbages.

In reality, I have too many false starts in trying to tidy up the garden.

I was building a veggie bed to keep the dogs out yesterday.

As usual, the dogs helped out in the garden.

Along the way, the bed changed shape and became a doggie bed.

They lay down on the doggie bed and smiled at me.

What was I thinking?

Another false start!

Watch out for other False Starts at Roses and Stuff.

Colours

Mix Colours

Yellowish

Orangish

Reddish

Pinkish

Whitish

To view beautiful flowers all over the world today, visit May Dreams Gardens for the links to Garden Bloggers's Day - Feb 2011.