A perfect spot for a summer picnic An August afternoon. So much space for Maggie to run. A new visitor, a female hummingbird In the morning sunlight Spurflowers (Plectranthus) for the hummingbirds. Spurflowers (Plectranthus) for the hummingbirds. Painted with a large brush. Evening outside our home. Not quite full anymore, but the sky was clear afte… Great lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Sneezeweed (Helenium) from 75 ft. distance Hollyhock (Alcea setosa) Sneezeweed (Helenium) A patch of wildflowers, Cardinal flowers and Sneez… A natural garden. Great lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Right above us. Afternoon today Birthday roses for our daughter Thunderstorm No. 1, Sept. 3., 6:00 p.m. Thunderstorm No. 2, Sept. 3. 7:00 p.m., power outa… Feather of a Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) A small park near our home After the heavy rain. Elecampane (Inula helenium) in the rain. Self-portrait in the rain Tall Coneflowers in the park After the heavy rain. Our little car under the old catalpa in pouring ra… A ten-minute downpour The beginning of the Goldenrod season. Horse weed (Erigeron canadensis), member of the da… Horse weed (Erigeron canadensis), member of the da… Bull thistle, this was at the top of a 7 ft plant. 7 ft tall Bull thistle plant Tiny flowers, don't know what they are Reed (Phragmites) Wild lettuce, 6 ft. tall Wild snapdragons Tiny flowers, don't know what they are Seed pods of trumpeter vine St. Clair river in St. Clair, Michigan Watching the river St. Clair in the city of St. Cl… River park in St. Clair.