My picture is out of focus quite a bit, but as you are seeing, I am sharing it anyway in all of its blurry glory. I still see this butterfly in the garden, but lately, I have too much work to do to … [Read more...]
Zabulon Skipper
I think this is a zabulon skipper. Notice how its antennae are folded at the tips. … [Read more...]
Do Sweet Potatoes Bloom
Yes, sweet potatoes bloom, but so much that they make a good display. This sweet potato is "Beauregard." The flower resembles a morning glory because sweet potatoes and morning glories are in the same … [Read more...]
Skipper on a Zinnia
This little gold colored and spotted skipper is enjoying the zinnias. … [Read more...]
Skipper x 4
There are 4 skippers in this picture. I think 3 of them are showing off for the one next to the yellow flowers. I'm not sure why I am posting this picture. I think I am trying to avoid working. I … [Read more...]
Sunflower Part 3
One of my three sunflowers is making a come-back. After the top was twisted off by a squirrel, this plant made side shoots. One of the side shoots is showing some yellow. The other side shoot has … [Read more...]
Milkweed Blooms
The milkweed buds are opening. Who would've suspected that yellow flowers would be inside of pink buds? Sidenote: Monarch butterfly caterpillars like milkweed. If you want to grow monarch … [Read more...]
Pipevine Swallowtail
Beautiful swallowtail isn't it? I was able to get just one photograph before it flew away. … [Read more...]
Cute Hairstreak
Although this photograph of the haristreak standing on mint blooms is not in focus, I still want to show it because the hairstreak is so cute here. … [Read more...]
Time for Looking
This butterfly was standing on the pink zinnia petals, on its back 4 legs, the front two just tucked in - casual-like. If he was looking at what his head was pointing towards, he was looking at the … [Read more...]
Tomatoes After Dark
For the past couple of weeks, I have tried to take photographs of my tomato plants but in the photographs they look like big green blobs. Tonight while dumping some tomato peelings on the compost pile … [Read more...]
Bumblebee Face and Spearmint
This is a sharp looking bumblebee. Check out the hair-do. This is spearmint blooms, by the way. Oh yes, (another by-the-way) the hair-do is just an illusion. The fuzz is actually on its thorax. … [Read more...]
My Vegetable Garden
This is today's harvest from my small backyard garden. From this we will eat the beans for dinner. I will dry the okra, zucchini, red clover, and spearmint. By the end of the day, I will have eaten … [Read more...]
The Sunflower’s Fate
A squirrel took it, twisted it right off the plant and dragged it behind a tree. It heard me approach and it ran off leaving the flower laying on the ground. … [Read more...]
Hairstreak on Pink Zinnia
This butterfly might be a Red crescent Scrub-hairstreak - Strymon rufofusca. … [Read more...]
