I’ve heard the monarch butterflies are beginning to migrate south for the season. This one found these purple asters a good spot to fuel up for the journey.
A proverbial busy bee
At Olbrich Botanical Gardens the other day, I followed this bee around for quite a while, as she scurried from flower to flower, circling each one, and sometimes digging deep to gather the flower’s nectar. I got to thinking… there’s a lesson here. If you can’t find what nourishes you, keep trying, dig deeper if you have to. Eventually you’ll find it.
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Signs of autumn
Woodland sunflowers
Struttin’ for some grub
Wild turkey, foraging for food.
Tenney Park sunset in two acts
The Sturgeon Moon
Did you catch the moon last night? It was absolutely stunning. The full moon in August is called the Sturgeon Moon.
Sunflower
Nothing like some living sunshine to brighten the day.
A perfect summer day
I took advantage of yesterday’s perfect summer weather to go on a long bike ride through the city. If only we could store beautiful days like that and bring them out when needed. How good would it be to experience a perfect summer day deep in the middle of winter? At least we’ll still have our memories to ponder, and photos to gaze at.
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