Andrew Trundlewagon's photos with the keyword: summer

Reading at the side of the road. I am sure he had a reason to sit there, but why, I couldn't say.

Part of a small swarm of bees that had settled at the base of a rock.

A monarch butterfly (Monarque, Danaus plexippus) feeding on echinacea flowers.

Monarda, is a wildflower of North America, although this is a garden cultivar. It is supposed to be pollenated by hummingbirds but we have grown it for years and I have yet to see a humming bird go near it, although it is popular with bumble bees. Its common names include bee balm, horsemint, Oswego tea, and bergamot, due to the fragrance of the leaves, which is reminiscent of bergamot orange. It was used as medicinal plant by the indigenous North Americans (Wikipedia). It is also the favorite food for caterpillars of the Raspberry Pyrausta, a small, vividly pink moth.

A bumble bee in flight foraging among lupins.

A face emerges from the barn. What stories could it tell, what does it want to say? From a boat trip along the river Stour in Canterbury. Called 'Bulkhead', this was created by Rick Kirby in 2003. It is outside the Marlowe theatre and was inspired by a line from Marlowe’s Faust about Helen of Troy, “the face that launched a thousand ships.” It is made from scrap metal taken from ships along the Kent coast.

A bullfrog, lazily swimming in a pond.

It snowed last week in the middle of April. I went back to look at old photos just to remember that summer will eventually arrive.....

poppies.