After a Rain

Finally rained last week--3 inches--after well over a month of no rain at all. I took a morning stroll to bare witness to the fact that it did, yes yes yes, it did indeed rain.





An early sunflower decided to bloom well before full height. This is happening a lot this year with all kinds of flowers.





Baptisia seed pod





Aster yellows disease on coneflower





Drops on an iris leaf