A very hot day. Under our carport. Our resident swallow Celebrating National Dog Day Travels in Europe Summer frenzy The end of a heatwave. After a tornado. After a tornado. After a tornado. Monarch in Sunflower Valley Sunflower Valley Monarch on wild sunflower Sunflower Valley Rare: Gentiana alba*** Rare: Gentiana alba*** Rare: Gentiana alba*** Hard-leaved Goldenrod (Solidago rigida) Red-stemmed Goldenrod Stiff Goldenrod Compass flower (Silphium laciniatum) Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans) Green-headed coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) Preparing for winter A rubber duck boat outing. Osprey nest in lofty heights. The size of a mansion. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) My 200th moon photo. Distraught. Two Red-tailed Hawk chicks Adult Red-tailed hawk Horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) Digger Bee (Ptilothrix bombiformis) "What did you say?" The tiny country schoolhouse bell. The tiny country schoolhouse The tiny country schoolhouse White Wood Aster (Eurybia divaricata) Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) Wasps mating. The old sycamore. Thunderstorm puddle Thunderstorm mood at 7:00 p.m.