Again I am resorting to the archives. These are from July 2010.
I definitely need to get some plants that attract butterflies. I only see one very occasionally in the yard. I guess they miss the patch of cone flowers I usually have.
The swamp area is on both sides of the road....take over two steps to either side and you are in the swamp. This is one of my favorite places to go. It is so quiet since we are down in a valley. About the only thing we hear are nature sounds.
I hope this hibiscus survives the winter. I had a red one before, but we had a bitter cold winter that it did not survive.
The color of this one seems to change with the light, but we sure love it.
It was kind of comical...they actually looked like they were playing follow the leader. I would not want to go swimming in that, or even wading now! But I probably would have when I was a kid.
We were at the swamp area for a few minutes today...it is always the first place I notice leaves turning. A few of the trees were beginning to turn, but for some reason I can never get a good photo of them.
I had to try one in monochrome...which is your favorite?
I really cannot say if this is two different dragonflies or the same one. Seems like one will pic a spot it likes to sit and keep returning to that area. So it may be the same in both photos.
I had totally forgot I had tried taking this with my phone till I saw another's shot of a pollinator hard at work. I was surprised that this turned out so good. To bad my cone flower is so damaged. I am not sure what eats them.