floral Friday (photo heavy post)

There's a house about a mile from me that has the most gorgeous hollyhocks in the spring. The vast majority of them are self-seeded, so they're all over the place - inside the fence, outside the fence, between the sidewalk and the street - just about any place there's dirt. I drive by there a lot and think 'I should stop and take some pictures of those darn hollyhocks before they're done.' Well, today, as soon as the thought entered my mind, I pulled the car to the curb and spent a few minutes snapping away.

Behold the hollyhock loveliness...

the lone sunflower among the pinks and reds