Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

"I'm coming for...You!"

Red Milkweed beetle

Purple Haze

                                                                  Echinacia...Purple Cone flower
                                                   
                                                       "What ever it is ,that girl put a spell on me"
                                                                            ~Jimi Hendrix

                                                               "Excuse me while I kiss this fly"
                                                                          ~Cheech & Chong

                                                   "There was a red sun, on the low level of the shore,
                                                           in a purple haze, fast deepening into black"
                                                                           ~Charles Dickens 

                                                             

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Lycaena phlaeas

American Copper

a butterfly about the size of a silver dollar.

A Colourful Past

Once vibrant and fresh

so colourful and perfect

Now time has passed

Yet there is still something there

A passage in time

has unvieled another layer

one of  deep beauty and experience.

~JE Ted Gardner

The Pollinator !

He'll be back!

Rainbow Waves

Ornamental Corn

Butterfly Weed

Asclepias tuberosa

"Just living is not enough,"

said the butterfly

"One must have sunshine,freedom and a little flower."

~Hans Christian Anderson

"Wow man...OK!"

~Marin & Chong

 

Pollock's Bloom

                                                                        Painted Zinnia
                                                                Inspired by Jackson Pollock?

Pale Purple

                                                                     Pale Purple
                                                     Echinacia or Purple Cone Flower.
                                                     1st bloom of the season and she is
                                              is in a very shady spot, hence the pale color?

Life Shadow

A Frienship Catus
behind a drape on a very humid day
We had the windows shut and the drapes drawn
in hopes of a comfortable sleep
31 celcius with humidity..41!

Under an Azure Sky

Under that azure sky

I feel comfort

laying on my back, with no cares

only for that minute.

escaping life...a life that just

won't let go.

So you get up, dust yourself off

and go back at it

Thats what we do!

~JE Ted Gardner

Beauty and the Beast

Love is a Rose

Love is a rose
but you better not pick it
it only grows when it's on the vine.
A handful of thorns and
you'll know you've missed it
You lose your love
when you say the word "mine".

~Neil Young

Light from Above

Shots of the underside of an Elephant Ear plant

on a sunny day.

Ursus Americanus

Black Bear, Bruin, Yogi....or just damn Bear!

This is a 2 year old at about 130lbs

and a bird feeders nightmare!

he destroys you feeders.

So I shot him!...nice pics eh!

Buddha Fly