Beautiful. Looks like a peony. Our tree peony is flowering, but our herbaceous peonies are still in the budding stage. Yes, I have been photographing both.
Thanks, Jim, I was on my way back from my Pulmonologist and also from the City of Hope on other multiple questions...all is good, or as good as can be expected, (truthfully better than can be hoped for considering age and how much I've abused myself)...so I am fine, but I do hate these test heavy Dr exploratory visits, because they are looking for stuff...nothing, (much) found.
There is a beautiful and huge rose garden park on my way home...normally I would drive on past, work-work-work, but to celebrate, I stopped...and was amazed at all the walkers and people out in the park at 9am....I took some pictures...the one image I thought I wanted did not work out at all (!), but these gained value from a deeply over cast sky.
So all is good....lol...and these images also are nice which makes me happy.