Vee, of Very Verla ♫ joie de vivre, lamented in a comment on Vanilla’s post that while she loved hollyhocks, she rarely saw them growing in people’s yards these days.  I replied that ours were no longer blooming or I would post a pic for her.  Sorry, Vee.  I was wrong.

Hidden from view from my office window I found these:

Well sheltered, these blossoms still persist

Sylvia planted two or three, but they are quickly taking over the area.  That’s okay we like these beauties.

Vee, did you ever make dolls from the blossoms?

Beauty surrounds us if we will but open our eyes to see.