lotus, flower
lotus
The end of summer in Boise, Idaho.
strom, clouds, summer, maine
Ominous clouds approach just before a summer downpour.\r\nYork, Maine
dandelion, flower, weed
dandelion
Not often is a dandelion seen as a thing of beauty. Its even edible and often made into a salad; who knew?\r\nKansas City, Missouri
backyard, summer
backyard milwaukee
This is my backyard where I love to watch nature. It\'s peaceful; I feel like I\'m sitting in a park.\r\n\r\nMilwaukee, Wisconsin
farmers market, peppers
peppers at the sonoma farmers market
While on vacation in Sonoma, we couldn\'t resist visiting\r\ntheir farmers\' market and capturing these glorious colors.\r\nSonoma, California
monarch, butterfly, desert spoon
monarch on a desert spoon
Monarch resting on a desert spoon in Scottsdale, Arizona.
bench, park, summer
park bench summer scene
A great place to sit and relax on a sunny summer afternoon.\r\nMontclair, New Jersey
summer, flower, barn, catskills
summer catskills
While visiting the Catskills Animal Sanctuary recently, i was also struck by how subtle and beautiful the plant life was. I love the cow barn in the distance, it gives the photo a very pastoral feel of a different time.\r\n
hibiscus, flower, summer
rose mellow hibiscus
Summer in Sardis, Mississippi.
grass, sun
sun grass
High noon on a summer day in Connecticut.
waterfall, anderson, indiana
anderson falls indiana
This waterfall is 10 to 12 feet high depending on the time of year and 90 feet across. It is part of Anderson Falls Preserve in Newbern, Indiana.
sunlight, spider web
sunlight and web
\r\nSummer is all about simple pleasures.
\r\nAlong Turtle Pond, Concord, New Hampshire
lilac, rain, summer
lilac
A lilac flower after a rainy summer day.\r\nSchouwen-Duiveland, the Netherlands
squirrel, bird feeder
squirrel bird feeder
This squirrel has foiled every attempt I\'ve made to keep him out of feeder. This latest photo shows him after he successfully removed the lid from the feeder by grabbing it and twisting it off.
\r\nFront Royal, Virginia
butterfly, virginia, skyline drive
skyline drive butterfly
A beautiful ride along Skyline Drive in Virginia affords a spectacular variety of wildlife plants and animals. This is a close-up of a gorgeous butterfly on flowers.
flower, park
light flower
I went to a local park in New Britain, Connecticut, one summer morning and I saw this amazingly beautiful natural display.
bee, flower, summer
bee on yellow flower
It was a rare and fleeting moment. I snapped this shot on a sunny, mild summer day, in Kansas City, Missouri. I heard the buzzing and was hoping the bee would land on a flower and pose for a photograph. As you can see the bee did just that. Allowing me this opportunity.
lily, flower
sunbathing lily
My backyard on a sunny day.
hibiscus, flower, summer
hibiscus
The hibiscus down at the Branson Landing were so beautiful; I just had to take a photo!\r\nBranson, Missouri
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coneflower, butterfly
coneflower and butterfly
This is one of the beautiful yellow butterflies that comes to drink nectar from my purple coneflowers in my backyard. In the fall the yellow finches love the seeds from the flowers. The bees love them too ... I\'m a big advocate of purple coneflowers, which are native to northern Illinois!
twilight, sunset, laguna beach, california
laguna beach sunset
We had a family photo shoot late in the afternoon. Just as it finished, I snapped this shot of a very tranquil Laguna Beach.
water, web, spider web
water web
Looking for the highlights after rainy days in New Hampshire.
swallowtail, spider flower, butterfly
swallowtail butterfly
A swallowtail enjoyed some afternoon sun on our spider flower (Cleome hybrid).\r\nMinneapolis, Minnesota
clothesline, clothespin, summer
clothespin
Enjoying summer on my deck.\r\n
mond, morning, louisa pond
louisa pond esopus new york
Morning sun at Louisa Pond, part of the Shaupeneak Ridge Preserve in the Town of Esopus, New York.
squash blossom, flower, squash
squash blossoms
Squash have separate male and female flowers. The first squash flowers are males. A week later you\'ll begin to see the first females. They depend on bees for pollination.\r\nEast Brunswick, New Jersey
sunset, costa rica
sunset costa rica
A gorgeous Costa Rican sunset.
rain storm, clouds, puddle
rain clouds in a puddle
This was taken after a sudden summer thunderstorm. It\'s the reflection of the clouds in a puddle.\r\nPennsylvania
bumblebee, field, kansas
bumblebee in kansas field
A bee flies by a field in Kansas.
chelsea sunset
Marin County, California
caterpillar, moth caterpillar
moth caterpillar
A moth caterpillar in Oklahoma.
thistle, flower, bee
thistle flower and bee
A thistle flower with a bumblebee.\r\nOklahoma
butterfly, lavender
a great spangled fritillary butterfly feeding on lavender nectar in the blue ridge mountains
A Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly feeding on lavender nectar in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
purple phlox, flower
purple phlox
Summertime in Morrisonville, New York.
bee, pollen, flower
bee and flower
These trees bloom two times a year for us, spring and fall. Keeps our bumblebees busy.\r\nRhododendron, New Hampshire
butterfly
butterfly sabino canyon
My son turned 15 on March 23rd, 2009, and his birthday present was a Nikon. This is one of his first photos.\r\n\r\nSabino Canyon, Arizona
sunset, weird weather, worth preserving
Beautiful sunset after a raging storm.Elk Lake, Michigan
sunflower
sunflowers
It was in the hundreds during our time at Lake Austin Spa and naturally the well-kept gardens were also well-watered. The sunflowers were prospering this year, according to the gardener, despite the heat and drought conditions.
coneflower, grasshopper
coneflower and grasshopper
I had coneflowers in my backyard and happened upon a grasshopper sitting on one of the blossoms.\r\nArlington Heights, Illinois
sunrise, beach, north carolina
sunrise over the atlantic ocean in the outerbanks of north carolina near rodanthe.
Sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean in the Outer Banks of North Carolina near Rodanthe. Sunrise in August is the quietest time on the beach.
sunset, arizona
arizona summer sunset
A unique cloud formed in Buckeye, Arizona. You\'d almost think it\'s a tornado because of the way it\'s shaped.
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