Nature's way to store water. A hot summer's evening Our minuscule backyard. Field Sparrow Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis) Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia) Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis) Baltimore Oriole, female The delicate seed head of Goat's Beard. Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) fills the air wi… Sweet Cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum) Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea) Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) Spring Azure (Polyommatus semiargus) Maggie is out 'grazing' in the pasture... An old Hickory tree in our neighborhood. Fergus begging me to play with him American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina) Questionmark (Polygonia interrogationis) Even butterflies like the beach. The five-minute thunderstorm Helleborine Orchid (Epipactis helleborine) Green Darner (Anax junius) One of those days... New life New life Luna Moth (Actias luna), the only one I have ever… Sulphur butterfly Red Admiral Black walnut trees A male House Finch is feeding a Brown-headed Cowbi… Helleborine Orchid (Epipactis helleborine) Helleborine Orchid (Epipactis helleborine) BUTTERFLY COLLAGE A nice surprise, a Red-breasted Woodpecker Summer landscape Questionmark Monarch on Butterfly Milkweed Black Swallowtail Monarch on Butterfly Milkweed Eastern Kingbird Tolerance we can learn from.