Your flowers are just beautiful, taking photos of them with your new gadget really suits you. I agree that the bumblebee shot is the cherry on the top. Something you wrote in your post made me ponder:
Even the storm we had in June could not keep them from their destiny. The wind knocked down most of my dahlias, and they lost a bunch of the stems. Yet they recovered and overcame it.
I can't stop wondering if it is the same in our life, when storms come and almost put us to the ground yet we stubbornly refuse to sit defeated and choose to rise like your bold colorful dahlias..
That is so beautifully put and spotted @creativemary! Throughout the years of gardening I as well arrive to similar life teachings. They reveal themselves in most unexpected ways, often while I work out there. The mind is so much clearer in the nature.
There could be many storms ahead of us, my hope is that we always remain stubborn and not let them to defeat us!
🤗Nature will always be the greatest teacher and doctor.