Dandelion in the rain

A geranium bud, about the size of a pea.

Bottle brush tree bloom

Bottle brush

Dandelion

And more dandelion.

Can you guess? Dandelion.

Hmmm. Do we have a theme here?

Heliotrope -- a wild growing plant in SoCal.

Ganzania, a common plant for LA freeway landscapes.

I may do a "randy" flora gallery some day. This tip of a geranium bloom would be a natural entry. It's about a half-inch long.

A spring maple leaf in California.

Shasta Daisy detail. The button of these common flowers contains a mini-bouquet.

A bug stops to smell the flower within the flower.

Rye ice -- rye bread up close and "chilled" with Photoshop.

Succulent fingers

A nasty, but pretty thistle.

Extremely tiny sedum blooms

Torch Lilly bud -- a variety of aloe.