Just took this shot of the corner of my yard… with the iPhone. Not bad for a phone shot; sometimes it surprises me.

Why, yes. I have been up since 3:30a, why do you ask?

Have no idea what these are called, but they were so pretty this morning…

Last three can be enlarged.

The confederate jasmine have started blooming and you know what that means – I spend half my days trying to take the perfect macro of those diaphanous white petals. Never succeeding, of course.

Grabbed my camera when Bree and I went for a walk around the hood today, but didn’t get very far because of the rain. These were taken across the road.

The wind’s blowing very hard today and the flowers are having a bad time of it; their little petals whipped maniacally back and forth. Naturally I thought every one of the five shots would be throwaways, but these are just… interesting for some reason.

Many thanks to my muse.

I wouldn’t have thought it possible, after the random mess I made of the jasmine earlier this summer, but the tenacious little boogers are blooming again!

Just… let me get it out of my system, k? TIA!

Click for a larger image.

Some burn out with the early morning light, but I couldn’t pass these up…

UPDATE: Well worth the wait!