Beautiful wildflowers and a silly bug!

One of our neighbors' dirt driveway has become overgrown with beautiful wildflowers--blue sage wildflowers and pink evening primrose.  These blue wildflowers open up in the morning and close their petals when the temperature soars so this was a morning capture. (see comments below)

This is a macro image of the blue sage wildflower.

This silly bug was enjoying this pink evening primrose wildflower and didn't seem to mind his photo taken!

These pretty pink flowers are catclaw sensitive briers.  They look so pretty against a green grass background!

Purple coneflowers are a faithful wildflower around the Smith Ranch!

I love this macro image of an unfruited Black-eyed Susan!  The macro image lets you see things you would have never seen before like the hair on the leaves of this wildflower.

This milkweed is called antelope horns which I think is a very fitting name!

Purple prairie clover were very much in abundance this year!

I was so excited to happen upon this wildflower called the Red Mexican hat.  These are the only two that I could find on the Ranch!