as I was leaving the bedroom this morning I took this picture of the sun lighting the tree next door…

sunlight on the neighbour’s tree this morning…

when I stepped into the garden I saw that the dahlia was finally completely open…

really took a while to get there… the bud looked like it was ready to bloom before the August 6 party…

purple dahlia… on August 14…

it has been opening up very slowly… but it is quite lovely and I got a couple of good pictures…

first dahlia bloom this summer, from the side… hmmm, looks pink, not so purple…