Yellow Coneflowers

Yellow coneflowers are in bloom at this time of year. They are a tall flower, well over a metre (3 feet) in height.

I found an interesting article on the benefits of daylight, even through a window:

"There is increasing evidence that exposure to light, during the day, particularly in the morning, is beneficial to your health via its effects on mood, alertness and metabolism,"

Summer Flowers

Here's a short, happy BBC video for you to watch called 'what a wonderful world with David Attenborough'.

My friend S had given me these flowers to plant in the spring.  M had mowed them over by mistake but they are very hardy. They have bloomed and look like yellow coneflowers, quite pretty. She says they grow very tall although she was never sure what they were. Well, that's what I think they are regardless if they grow very tall. What do you think, any ideas?  I've just noticed they need to be supported or else they fall over. 

I stopped to smell these pretty roses on one of my walks.

I've always liked these flowers, cosmos.