Cultivated flower - # 208

When my computer crashed a week ago I lost a set of vibrant and very lively street scenes, not easily remade.

So I've fallen back on the technique of simply looking at what's close, easy to hand, and worth celebrating. To my surprise, it's not been difficult to find. It's day to day "hand to mouth", but what could be nicer than this pretty pink cultivated specimen in the Richmond Park flower bed, to contrast with yesterday's pretty pink weed specimen in the Richmond Park bramble bed?

Afterall, most of the world's population has to put up with what it's got, and stop moaning. That does not mean that we sit and accept poor conditions and no progress, but trying to express joy certainly helps to move us forward.