Socks: yes, that's what we meant. You could eat the buds completly and the only part I would avoid on the open bloom is anthers. Just not the fan of being smeared with colorful pollen all over me. Otherwise... choose your flavor and eat.

I did a google search and found this information. Here is a link that might be useful: Ralph Foster Museum

Thank you ladies.......I'm afraid my little Canon point-and-shoot has seen better days. I can't get a decent pic of the birds any more so it looks like the flowers are going to be my next "victims"...LOL. At least the flowers will sit still more so than the birds, unless the winds are kicking up. I have nearly 4500 pix at Photobucket, many of the pix are of flowers....mostly lots of the same flower from 47 different angles....LOL. Thank you for your compliments, they are so appreciated.....

You know how they always tell ya when you're decluttering to take photos of something and then discard it? That's what we did the other day. When Twinkie was still able to ride his motorcycle (we sold them all 3 years ago) one of his license plates said IB Quik. This is the "tombstone" that they made for him for the Halloween party at he "BUBBA Hut: (motorcycle club) All the riders had their bikes/names on a stone.