Seen at Schreiner's Iris Gardens - No. 11 - The bee and the lupine

A bee being busy all around the lupine.



See what I mean about all around the lupine?



Finally, the bee stopped long enough for me to get a pretty good shot.



I like this one, too. I was lucky to get it since the bee took off afterwards.

Seen at Schreiner's Iris Gardens - No. 2

The spikes of color that are lupine are among my favorite sights to see at Schreiner's. Here are a few of them as the focus of some of the hundreds of photos that I took on Monday. There are iris and delphinium here, too.



I'm curious. Do you like this wide shot better than the two close-ups that follow.



Closer.



Closest.



Purple and mauve.



Pink and mauve.



Pink and white.



Purple and white.



Purple and white, again.



Pink and mauve.



Plein air painters among the lupine and other blossoms.



Lots of lupine mixed with iris.



More lupine and iris and delphinium. I can't get enough of these flowers which is why I went there for the fourth year in a row on Monday.



Purple and mauve, again, with green allium on the left and iris to the left as well as behind.



Leland photographing some of the beauty at Schreiner's.



Big-brimmed straw hat among the lupine and other blossoms. I wanted the hat to be in focus and got lucky with my zoom lens.

Rooftop Garden Friday, No. 5

Bee at work, tip-top of the lupine.



Bee be gone, to find the next blossom.