Ever since I started looking at the world through my macro lens, I've fallen in love with certain flowers all over again. Even as this bloom from my echinacea flower started to fade, I found myself enchanted with the structure of the tiny star-like flowers that made up the center of the flower. They reminded me of tiny Fourth of July fireworks ready to explode. Here's to photography! Aren't we lucky to know the joy of seeing the world and recording it? More images are at bk12.smugmug.com.