Backlit Beauty
This Fritillary butterfly is enjoying the sunlight, which is providing a bright glow through its wings.
Scent of Summer
Hydrangea flowers are very showy and long lasting, providing color through much of the summer and fall.
Wahoo
Wahoo trees produce vivid pink and red fruit in the fall, which are enhanced here by the moisture from a recent rain.
Golden Blooms
The late afternoon lighting gives a unique color to these apple leaves and blossoms.
Moss in Focus
In this abandoned mine water seeps from every wall. I really don’t know how they kept it pumped out. But the moss loves it, catching each drop that flows from the ground.
Always Watching
Dragonflies have fascinated me for a long time, along with other Odonates (dragonflies and damselflies). This brightly colored insect is a Green Darner, one of the larger common species in the Midwest. This particular dragonfly was happy to sit still with the camera only inches away because the wind was quite strong that day.