Random?

Today I am posting a completely random assortment of pictures. There are however pairs of related topics. Take a look and see if you can figure out how my brain is working today. (Don't try too hard - I don't usually know how it is working!)

Gorgeous huh? Can you believe I grow this stuff? :)

Very, very close. It is amazing the color that can be produced in a flower.

Meredyth and my dog Marlee

Carmella - she is actually posing here! You can tell by her eyes.

A tree at work - I knew I was a little obsessed with the whole photography thing when I had to remind myself to take my camera to work so I could take a picture of this!

Did you get my pairs? I was thinking the first two were the same flower, obviously. The second two were people and the last two were fall. Don't feel bad if you had different ideas - any answer would be correct as long as you can support it (at least that is what I tell the students).