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Every so often I like to photograph flowers.  The rich beautiful colors they offer are like a magnet to me.

I drove out to the Dubuque Arboretum last week in hopes of photographing some flowers.  From my vantage point (my vehicle) it didn’t seem to have the color vibrance I was looking for.

Perhaps if I had taken a stroll to some of the flower beds my impression may have been different.  Considering the fact that I have some challenges with walking very far contributed to my assessment.

So as I was leaving Maquoketa yesterday after Rotary, I took the Hurstville road out of town, which happens to go by the wonderful lime kilns of Hurstville

The Master Gardeners had been busy with planting and tending to a wide variety of flowers, which were easy to get to without a lot of walking.

So, I stopped and captured a few images.  I saw a butterfly (that I could not identify), but he was too fast for me to get a good shot.

Enjoy your day and be careful.