mackinac: flowers

To say that the flowers all around Mackinac Island are gorgeous is an understatement. Maybe it's b/c I'm not from the Midwest and this was my first trip to Michigan, but I've never even seen some of these types of flowers.  Perhaps the endless supply of, um, horse excrement adds to their vitality?  [If you weren't aware, there are no privately owned vehicles allowed on the island, you either walk, bike, or take a horse-drawn carriage. This certainly adds to the 'quaint factor' but let's just say the result is quite a lot of horse dung - to try and put it politely :-) ]

Regardless of the cause, the flowers are beautiful!