I love those flowers. Great shots. Looks like your doning a fine job without the macro.

Our's are long gone here in Seattle, as we had a VERY early spring. I added yards and yards of dirt to our back yard so the bulbs were burried too deep too bloom . I photographed some last year in our neighbors yard and they were gone this year too. The squirlls move them about thinking they are their nuts.

Here's my lady bug. I had her for about 1/2 an hr and than she left me. She got tired of posing !!