Not everything graceful is a flower. Sometimes it is just a frond of grass on the business end.

Other times it is a flower that brings grace to our eyes.

Even in monochrome, this flower is an interesting specimen. I seldom bring you the color and monochrome versions back to back but today I thought I would so you can compare the way the flower looks in each.

Here is a blossom graveyard. Under a bush, the fallen flowers are lying on the ground and slowly decaying.