Yes, Gardenqueen and Melissa are right...

My curb weed is Gaillardia. Otherwise know as "blanket flower" or "Indian blanket" or to some, "black-eyed Susan".

It just doesn't look like the Gaillardia in my local guidebooks, nor the Gaillardia I found and posted here before:

But apparently, Gaillardia it is.

The shot I posted on Wednesday was taken after sunset, so I snapped another at midday.

Which, I guess, was a good thing. Because the next day, that blossom was gone.

Snipped right off.

My first suspicion was the new neighbors in Mrs. Humphrey's house, 'cause they've got a loud, vicious black dog tied up in the front yard on a chain.

No reason to suspect them... but if you don't like someone because of the way they treat their dog, then obviously they're responsible for everything else you don't like, too, right?

But yeah, there's little kids in town who might like to snatch a pretty flower.

Not to mention an occasional deer who would snip it off in exactly the same manner.

And after some serious thought, my money's on some marauding rabbit.

Good thing there's lots more blossoms coming.