It is close to the end of June and many of the cone flowers have almost come to the end of their season. Their petals and stamens are not as perfect as they were a few weeks back due to rain, hail and wind. Yet, I wanted an image of one of my favorite flowers, so what could I come up with? I walked among and around this clump looking for a flower that was in good enough shape to photograph. None to be found. As I walked around the back side of this fence I had an idea (those do happen once in awhile.) I decided to focus on the fence and leave the cone flowers out of focus. A different view…of one of my favorite flowers.

Excuse me now while I eat my chocolate fudge brownie ice cream.