swallowtail butterfly and thistle
silver-spotted skipper on agastache
crape myrtle and oakleaf hydrangea
my porch
cabbage white on agastache
red-spotted purple with crape myrtle blossoms
torenia
caterpillar on black and blue salvia with black-eyed Susan
butterfly with black-eyed Susans and verbena bonariensis
black-eyed Susans and spider web
The crickets sang in the grasses. They sang the song of summer’s ending, a sad, monotonous song. “Summer is over and gone,” they sang. “Over and gone, over and gone. Summer is dying, dying.”
The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last forever. Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year — the days when summer is changing into fall the crickets spread the rumor of sadness and change.
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Close to the Ground: Living Inductively 
Great photos mean a great photographer.
Thanks for the kind words, Mike, see you guys soon
Wow, the colors are so vibrant. Especially love the torenia! Wonderful photos.
Thanks, Celia!