Layers

I really like these small flowers (Mums), with their two-colour petals that are arranged layer upon layer.

What an almost perfect day it is today, as far as the weather goes. Bright blue sky, endless sunshine, though very windy. I went walking in Fish Creek Park this morning and was lucky enough to see a very distant Northern Pygmy-owl perched on a bare branch high up in a deciduous tree. After a minute or two, it flew across the path ahead of us. SO good to know that at least one of these gorgeous Owls is back in the same area again. They are so tiny, about the size of a pop-can or someone's clenched fist! Oh, and we also saw a Mink - too far away to get a photo and it quickly slid into the water and disappeared anyway. I'd never seen one before : )