This year was the first time I noticed how coneflowers look in late autumn. Almost as if they’ve lost their skin and a skeleton is all that remains.
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Pearl crescent butterfly
Probably my last butterfly sighting of the season — they won’t be around much longer.
Bees on a thistle blossom
Blue-eyed daisy
With a bonus bug and a tiny spider.
Woodland sunflower meadow
Pandemic plant?
I came across this plant while on a hike. I’m not sure what kind it is, but the blossoms that are growing on it reminded me of those coronavirus stock pictures they keep showing on the news. Even out in nature, my brain finds reminders of the pandemic. [eye-roll]
Update: One of my friends told me this plant is a Rattlesnake Master.
Glowing daylily
A brief moment of sunshine, for a flower in the middle of a deep forest.
Coneflowers
Just look at the structure of those heads! Spiky, colorful… another fascinatingly beautiful creation of nature.
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Scottish bluebell (above), and Louisiana iris (below). Seen at Olbrich Botanical Gardens.
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