A young Tufted Titmouse. A window to the sun Today, above me. The old cornfield... Looking up from the trail 8 ft. Tall Teasel plant A Teasel flower at my eye level under the pylon Celebrating the beauty of lilies. Cup-plant (Silphium perfoliatum), protected in thi… Tall Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea) Cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum) and wild-growing… Maggie the inspector... Market day Early morning meadow. Reaching the edge Hibiscus, blooming in July. The river on a hot Sunday. A free gift to us. The dried up rootball of a cedar Culvert's Root (Euphorbia corollata) Feeding alongside the trail. Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata) Companions On the far side of the pond There were five egrets in all. Great White Egret at the end of the breeding seaso… Milbert's Tortoiseshell "Keep Out" A Lily Dream Calico Pennant Ebony Jewelwing mating Every vein visible Juvenile male Common Whitetail Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) Monkey flower (Mimulus) Golden Alexander (Zizia*) Green Clearwing, or Eastern Pondhawk (Erynnis icel… Dreamy Duskywing (Erynnis icelus). 1/16" Flowers of Enchanter's Nightshade. Enchanter's Nightshade. July princess. Clear water in the pond... Summer meadow. A bridge between two worlds A giant bird in the sky.