167/365: "Worm or beetle - drought or tempest - on a farmer's land may fall, Each is loaded full o' ruin, but a mortgage beats 'em all." ~ Will Carleton

Today was Steve's Sunday Lunch Ride, and we rode from the lovely town of Rogue River to the quaint and tiny Wimer, which features its own covered bridge! We stopped for lunch there and I got three pictures to share today! Above is a brown and caramel metallic beetle that I discovered on a blackberry bush leaf. On another leaf several inches away I found a shieldbug, and at the little store where we had lunch, I found a beautiful red petunia gleaming in the afternoon sun! :)

William McKendree Carleton (21 October 1845 – 18 December 1912) was an American poet. Carleton's poems were most often about his rural life. Wikipedia: Will Carleton