Fairly unique patterns in each of the petals (including two that are completely bland). This exact set of pattern is present in each and every flower. I have no idea what the name of the flower is. Saw this planted in a pot while pacing up and down on a phone call outside the place where I work…

(Update: Later learned from Sharmila that this is a Pansy)

Summer is out… The ruby throated hummingbirds (the most common breed of hummingbird that comes to Georgia) are on their way out. One of the few stragglers still hanging around…

I do not know the name of this flower – or for that matter most of the flowers in Sharmila’s garden. Need to ask Sharmila about it. But I love the unique color. Look at the distinctive pattern in one one or two petals. Reminds me of the gulmohar tree we had in our elementary school in Durgapur and how one petal used to be a variegated one while the rest were plain red.

Sharmila could not remember the name of the flower immediately. But these are seasonal ones. The come right in the beginning of fall and withering away soon. The first thing that it reminds me of is the wood carvings that used to come out of the pencil sharpener in India (there was no mechanical pencil then).

The iPhone does a great job with macro photos. You can see the single pollen drops off the pistil.

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