The strange looking flower structure in the foreground is part of the azalea bush from yesterday. The petal structure of some of the flowers were literally hanging by a thread, and the way I have cropped this, they are hanging just below the bottom of the picture. You will probably see the dying flowers in a future post. :)

Update: When I told Chiaroscuro that I had taken a picture in which I thought I had some really nice bokeh, she was surprised. "Incredible bokeh from the sigma lenses?!" Hm, so I sent her the link to this photo as soon as I posted it and she responded that the bright outlines around the bokeh circles are actually an example of bad bokeh. Ah well. I still think the pink circles are pretty. Even if they are outlined. And anyway, I don't feel too bad about it because the Sigma lens is actually hers that I am borrowing. :)

And I did try her 50/1.4 lens and was blown away by the beauty of that. I guess I am still adjusting to being able to get out of focus backgrounds by using a dSLR and so anything blurred looks pretty to me, especially when it comes out as pink circles!