Tales

A moth

a spider

a hairstreak

and a monarch

 

Eclipsian impressions

A tagged monarch, just before 

eery and cold silence

no moon shadow shapes

bees, butterflies, flowers

in filtered low light

and a moth gone crazy 
in quasi twilight, of course

The painted lady and back to the circus, just after
 

SEASONAL CERTAINTIES IN MIGRATION

The Painted Lady in flight

going north

The monarch on nectar 
going south

I wonder if they have plans
 like our plans for species?

Dreams?

In ancient, pawing search, for what is good to "my offspring eggs".

 

Nectaring on cup plant, the Silphium perfoliatum, old and resilient prairie plant.

Blessed be Vanessa Cardui, the Painted Lady, seldom seen here, and when seen, always around now. 

and the seasonal certainty of Monarchs

Heirloom tomatoes and butterflies

Great antidotes for this world gone mad.