After The Rain: Manhattan Dalia, 2

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Pink Dahlia, Dahlia hybrid.

Photographed on Manhattan's Upper West Side
on Columbus Avenue between West 81st and West 82nd streets.

Image: GrrlScientist, 20 June 2009 [larger view].

I am feeling a little better, so I am once more photographing the Big Apple so I can share the images with you. It has been raining a lot in June -- it's been one of the coldest and wettest Junes on record -- so the flowers have lots of raindrops on them, and a lot of insects huddled between their petals, too. Unfortunately, the wind is quite strong, so this group of images isn't as good as I thought they'd be, but I plan to get out there to get more for you.

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