Showy Dianthus

Yesterday marked the special occasion of my granddaughter’s first birthday party.  After the cake and ice cream and gift-opening festivities, a few of us strolled around our local small town, soaking up the warm afternoon sunshine and admiring well-manicured lawns and flower gardens.  (I’m so thankful to NOT live in town, surrounded by the pressure to keep a perfect-looking yard.)  Along the way, this colorful patch of dianthus seemed to exuberantly shout, “Please take my picture!”, and so I did.