309/366: Garlic Marathon 1/9--X Marks the Spot!

We have a few garlic flowers in our front yard that were planted before we moved here and I love them! They make wonderful photography subjects and in 2012 I decided to take pictures of the buds as they grew and finally bloomed. There are 9 pictures in all, so I will post one each day with the hopes that you don't get too bored by the same subject. Here is the first one, which shows a pair of stalks that form an X!