Celebrating the beauty of lilies. Cup-plant (Silphium perfoliatum), protected in thi… Tall Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea) Cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum) and wild-growing… Maggie the inspector... Market day Early morning meadow. Reaching the edge Hibiscus, blooming in July. The river on a hot Sunday. A free gift to us. The dried up rootball of a cedar Culvert's Root (Euphorbia corollata) Feeding alongside the trail. Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata) Companions The end of a hot summer's day. Summer meadow. My secret place I visit to relieve stress. Male and female Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arth… A juvenile, but what species? The insect patrol Looking through a window. 8 ft. Tall Teasel plant Looking up from the trail The old cornfield... Today, above me. A window to the sun A young Tufted Titmouse. "Hello, is anybody listening...I am singing!" On the far side of the pond There were five egrets in all. Great White Egret at the end of the breeding seaso… Milbert's Tortoiseshell "Keep Out" A Lily Dream Calico Pennant Ebony Jewelwing mating Every vein visible Juvenile male Common Whitetail Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) Monkey flower (Mimulus) Golden Alexander (Zizia*) Green Clearwing, or Eastern Pondhawk (Erynnis icel… Dreamy Duskywing (Erynnis icelus).