Ranunculus

Ranunculus? Snuffleupagus? Sounds like the same thing to me... :-) But Ranunculus is a real word, for a real flower. A very pretty one it turns out. One of the Pre Cana couples brought this as a gift on the last night of the program. The blossoms were much tighter at the time, and I thought they were really interesting because of that. They have opened more, so I set up a light and illuminated the plant and started exploring one blossom it with my camera this afternoon. I think this ultra closeup is the most interesting, in terms of the design within the frame.