I got up close and personal with a ladybug after going out to check the water level in the Rio Grande at 7:30 am. The river was back to normal with no indication that the water got higher than in was in my photos from yesterday’s blog. I was going to go out and see what the water level in the river was when I woke up at 2:00 am, but it was pouring rain, so I stayed in bed. We got another 3/4 inch of rain over night giving us a total of 9 inches for the year.
The white flower was blooming on the levee in the early morning and the rain drops on the roses where like viewing the world through tiny crystal balls with my macro lens.
Off Center & Not Even 
These are all beautiful images. Great water drop! I love datura, and I love photographing it. Mine has been attacked this year by tomato horn worms – I got the third one of the year off of it today! I grown it to photograph the flowers and the pods – those hornworms have interfered with that process this year (but I do have pics of hornworms :-))))))) ) Anyway, beautifully done in B&W with all the rain drops.
Glad the river did not rise any further!
Thanks, Susan. The datura was all alone on the levee, too isolated for the horn worms to find it.
Wow! These are amazing pictures. So beautiful…
Thanks, Herman!