Wednesday's Post ~ Orange Bliss

I decided to take the easy way out to photograph the pretty under-side of our Abutilons (or more commonly known as Chinese Lanterns) and so took a plant-selfie, instead of getting down on to ground level as I used to do:

... a bit of trial and error, but they turned out ok.

Here are some more conventional views of this plant,  taken where it is growing near the fish pond.
From bud stage:

... to full flower.  I love this apricot colour:

Here are some more that don't get quite as looked after, as they're right down in the back yard growing against the rusty old corrugated iron and wire fence:

They're doing ok and, considering the hot months they've just endured, they really are doing ok!

Just for fun I couldn't resist doing a quick abstracty painting this morning of them:

... and, finally, I then picked them to use in a Welcome bouquet for our dear visitor of last week:

Linking with Riitta at Floral Bliss: