Grosbeak Visit

So my new camera only has 4x optical zoom while the Fugi had 6x. This picture isn't as close as it looks. I cropped the original to make them bigger.

New Camera

I didn't get the top of the line: Canon Powershot A590. I'm undecided whether it is that much better that the 2003 digital Fugi I have. The latter is 3.2 megapixels and the Canon is 8.0. I'd been taking closeups with the Fugi but not using the macro feature. I never could get the buttons straight. Question is whether I will be able to with this new one. It's a whole lot smaller.

Bleeding Heart

What an appropriate name for a flower? It so looks like that. But why is it like that? What i really like about this flower is that it blooms for a long time in the spring and then takes its leave for the next year. My bleeding heart came from my mom's plant. It's so nice to get hand me downs.

Four Kinds of Irises

Four kinds of irises are blooming in this picture. Three are purple varieties but not the same size or shade.

These white ones are with the purple.

This iris is blooming in another bed all by itself.

All my irises came to me from either my mother-in-law or friends. I have yet to make a purchase of an iris. The ones I got from the former were labeled but I mixed up the labels so that's why there are now three purples in close proximity. One day - not this spring- I will mark them when they bloom and separate them better. A job for retirement.