Taken with an iPhone. Finally, a rose bud.

Taken with an iPhone. For whatever reason, I can never take a good picture of a rose. The texture of the petals just does not come thru. I have tried many ways to Sunday with the DSLR without much of a success. This one taken in a casual way with the iPhone came out very well. Or so, I think.

Taken with an iPhone

Taken with an iPhone

Taken with an iPhone. We have quite a few of these near the pool. I have no idea what the name of this flower is but I love the color.

I have been tracking since Nov 2014 the countries that my blog readers come from. Hit the 144 number yesterday after a long wait (with about 65 thousand readers). (Was 143 for about six months). The top two countries (by reader count) is of course USA and India. China is third. Interestingly, a large number of hits from China are on to my Puzzle pages!!