I planted Milkweed in my garden this spring and today saw my first Monarch – so exciting! According to the U.S. Forest Service, “[t]he monarch is the only butterfly known to make a two-way migration as birds do,” traveling as far as 3000 miles south to their winter homes in Mexico and southern California. ItContinue reading “Monarch”
Category Archives: Photograph
Caterpillar
Prompted by Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge (CMMC) on the topics of green and summer.
Not So Mellow Yellows
Prompted by Terri’s Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge: Are You All-in for #Yellow?
Framed
Prompted by Amy’s Lens-Artists Challenge # 262: Framing Your Photos
In Season
Coming soon… Prompted by Denzil’s Nature Photo Challenge #24: Edible and Ann-Christine’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #261-Work in Progress.
A Tanka: Collective Animal Nouns
A bale of turtlesContentedly sunbathingSomeone approachesThe bale bales but two remainHeads raised in pose for photo Prompted by Colleen’s #TankaTuesday Weekly #Poetry Challenge No. 332, 8/8/23
Red Shouldered Hawk
For I. J.’s Bird of the Week Invitation XXIV It took me more than two weeks to capture a photo of the hawk because a very territorial Mockingbird kept chasing it away.
Pop of Color
A black and white butterflySoars gracefully over the sprawling lawnAlighting on a multicolored flower Appearing drab in comparisonIt settles in for a sip of nectarDemurely folding back its wingsRevealing a pop of colorThe perfect complement to its perch Prompted by dVerse host Mish – Pop Goes The Quadrille (#181).
Awww Mondays – No Lion
Mondays are much better when one is retired and that’s no lion. Prompted by Sandee at Comedy Plus.
Just Lines
A few little linesCommingling with each otherEnriched with color Prompted by Debbie’s One Word Sunday – “Lines”
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