A hollyhock flower, known in Japan as aoi (葵), was incorporated into the official seal of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan, and through this influence has maintained importance in modern Japanese culture… The Aoi Matsuri (Hollyhock Festival) is one of the three main festivals of the city of Kyoto — from Wikipedia.
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Columns and Vertical Lines. Let’s see how creative you can be on for this week’s challenge. Have fun with this week’s challenge.
Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge — June 8, 2018. This Which Way challenge is all about capturing the roads, walks, trails, rails, steps, signs, etc. we move from one place to another on. You can walk on them, climb them, drive them, ride on them, as long as the specific way is visible. Any angle of a bridge is acceptable […]
These California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) at Negro Bar State Park haven’t yet opened up for the day.
I believe this is St Johns wort (Hypericum perforatum). I noticed it growing along the horse trail at Negro Bar State Park. Running along the top of the hill in the background is Greenback Lane, very busy with the morning rush hour traffic.