Peonies just to the left of the porch...

I love getting close with my 100mm Macro. I find flowers fascinating close up.
Went to the beach today with eight grands and their Moms. It was deja vu all over again. Back when my girls were little we biked to this same beach three times a week for swim lessons in Lake Michigan. After lessons we would eat our lunch of peanut butter , jelly and sand, sandwiches. The girls would play on the beach and in the water for hours while I read my books. I had a sense of that today...those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer with my girls.