Button bush (Cephalanthus) Rumex Canadian Swallowtail Rosehips make an excellent jam I enjoy on buttered… This part of the nature center is always very quie… Horsemint (Monarda punctata) Horsemint (Monarda punctata) Flat-topped Aster Moody late summer colors. Remebering the horrors of 9/11. A precious child admiring the sky. I had the beach to myself. The migration is beginning. The lone visitor A young Great Blue Heron in our neighborhood A day for bees, perfect weather, perfect flowers Showy Goldenrod Stiff Goldenrod (Solidago rigida) Woodland Goldenrod (Solidago caesia) Fall colors on the pond Immature Red-bellied Woodpecker Approach... Long after... Zinnia bed for a tiny butterfly Today in the butterfly garden Fringed wings Sharing the shoreline of the pond "Dorian" spinning out of control. Queen of the pond Sept. 6th and still blooming, Forget-me-not. Our sunflowers... A fragrant sea of Goldenrod. Under the high power line running through the natu… This redskin is a heart that tastes good. The earth is tilting away from the sun... Fun on a holiday Male Ruby Pondhawk Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, male. My stepdaughter and I at the local library playgro… My stepdaughter and I at the local library playgro… Holiday weekend weather Holiday weekend weather Erie Trader, a converted freighter, now a tug and… "Cuyahoga", an oldtimer freighter on St. Clair Riv… Barking at me from a quarter mile away out on St.…