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This beautiful sight is from an amazing homestead garden near Nanton, Alberta, belonging to Jim Coutts. Wish I looked out on to that view every day!

The beauty that we miss when we don't really LOOK.

Such elegance!

A flower from my garden to share with you.

Sorry, just couldn't resist posting something bright, even though we all take similar photos - sunflower with bee! After too much grey weather, I needed to look at something cheery!

Saw this Ornamental Cabbage in the rather fine gardens at Fort Calgary. They also have a wildflower garden next to their cultiavted garden.

Another find at the Fort Calgary gardens. I was fascinated by the opening flower of this Zucchini - some interesting patterns and texture, not to mention colour.

I was fascinated by the pinwheel at the centre of some of these flowers that I saw at the Reader Rock Garden in Calgary. I believe they are from the Mallow family. The pink and white stripes reminded me of candy rock in England when I was a young girl.

Think I got carried away a little today, photographing the insides of some Hollyhocks flowers. Someone has planted a circular garden outside their own garden fence, extending into North Glenmore Park. These Hollyhocks still had a few blooms on them.