strange flowers in my yard

View large - do you see those teeny tiny red ants? ouch!

for a view of the whole flower, look here.

Looking down into this flower.

Speaking of flowers, a funny quote from Eleanor Roosevelt:

"I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalog: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall."
~ Eleanor Roosevelt