Trader Joe's Peony

I have lots of "favorite flowers," peonies being in the top ten, except if they are covered in little ants.
Great day today: 5 miles on the river. Atul Gawande in "Better" said that we should find things to count. So, starting from just upstream of Northeastern, it is 100 strokes to just short of the Eliot Bridge. Paddled through, crossed and landed, happy.