A new guest in the garden --- Sandy Williams

It's always fun to be surprised one day by an entirely new, unexpected flower growing in the garden.  I first saw this one last year, poking its tall stalks up in our dog's spacious pen.  I didn't have a chance to sketch it then but I've been keeping my eye on it this summer and I kept it watered during our long drought.  It finally began opening its petals and I was able to look it up in "Wildflowers of the Great Lakes Region."  -- Wild Lettuce.