I know, I know, the Solstice was yesterday morning. But it was raining and dreary here all day yesterday, and the mood just wasn't right for a Summer Solstice photo shoot so I put it of for today. And today was much, much better, with more summery conditions, including sunshine. So I went up to the Dykeman Spring Nature Park to find summery scenes and found plenty - Summer flowers, butterflies and other bugs, and even a farmer haying. So let's do a little Summer celebrating.
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| White Campion along the Dykeman Walking Trail |
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| Canada Thistle with a visiting Bumblebee in the Dykeman Spring wetlands |
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| A Little Wood Satyr butterfly in the Dykeman Spring wetlands |
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| A Daylily in the Dykeman Spring Wetlands |
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| The haying continues up on the upland meadow |
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| A Nodding Thistle with a visiting Skipper in the upland meadow |
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| A patch of Deptford Pinks in the upland meadow |
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| Daisy Fleabane being visited by a small Wasp in the upland meadow |
And what would my seasonal posts be without a little appropriate music? Here's the Divine Sarah (Vaughan) singing George Gershwin's "Summertime". Enjoy!
Photos © 2014 by A. Roy Hilbinger
You get some fabulous color in your shot.
ReplyDeleteThat butterfly is gorgeous...those 'eyes' remind me of a peacock's feathers!
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