Holiday weekend weather My stepdaughter and I at the local library playgro… My stepdaughter and I at the local library playgro… Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, male. Male Ruby Pondhawk Fun on a holiday The earth is tilting away from the sun... This redskin is a heart that tastes good. Under the high power line running through the natu… A fragrant sea of Goldenrod. Our sunflowers... Sept. 6th and still blooming, Forget-me-not. Queen of the pond "Dorian" spinning out of control. Sharing the shoreline of the pond Fringed wings Today in the butterfly garden Zinnia bed for a tiny butterfly Thorny Ash-tree Button bush (Cephalanthus) Rumex Canadian Swallowtail Rosehips make an excellent jam I enjoy on buttered… 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.… The last light of day. Even Goldenrods are lovely flowers. Great Spangled Fritillary At the end of the day. A Cedar waxwing sat on the power line for a second… cloud2 Our first sunflower opened this morning. Maggie on top of the berm by the gold course Sharpwing monkeyflower (Mimulus ringens) A European Linden...reminding me Clouds... An August day at the park. A Viceroy butterfly. Blue Vervain at the lake shore. Willow Herb Agrimony, a member of the rose family. A window to the clouds Turtles in 'duck soup' Very low water level