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Your Photos: Celebrating the End of Summer

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By TDG Community

The Beauty of the Lotus

lotus, flower lotus The end of summer in Boise, Idaho.

Approaching Summer Storm

strom, clouds, summer, maine Ominous clouds approach just before a summer downpour.\r\n

York, Maine

Dandelion

dandelion, flower, weed dandelion Not often is a dandelion seen as a thing of beauty. It’s even edible and often made into a salad; who knew?\r\n

Kansas City, Missouri

Soaking up the Last of Summer

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\n

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Summer\'s Wonderful Colors

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\n

Sonoma, California

Desert Monarch

monarch, butterfly, desert spoon monarch on a desert spoon Monarch resting on a desert spoon in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Serene Summer Scene

bench, park, summer park bench summer scene A great place to sit and relax on a sunny summer afternoon.\r\n

Montclair, New Jersey

Simple Summer Scene

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

Rose Mellow Hibiscus

hibiscus, flower, summer rose mellow hibiscus Summer in Sardis, Mississippi.

A Bug\'s Eye View

grass, sun sun grass High noon on a summer day in Connecticut.

Anderson Falls

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 and Web

sunlight, spider web sunlight and web \r\n

Summer is all about simple pleasures.

\r\nAlong Turtle Pond, Concord, New Hampshire

Lilac

lilac, rain, summer lilac A lilac flower after a rainy summer day.\r\n

Schouwen-Duiveland, the Netherlands

Bandit Squirrel

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.

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Front Royal, Virginia

Skyline Drive

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.

Give Me Light

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.

Buzzing About ...

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.

Sunbathing Lily

lily, flower sunbathing lily My backyard on a sunny day.

The Hibiscus

hibiscus, flower, summer hibiscus The hibiscus down at the Branson Landing were so beautiful; I just had to take a photo!\r\n

Branson, Missouri

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Purple and Yellow

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

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

water, web, spider web water web Looking for the highlights after rainy days in New Hampshire.

Swallowtail on a Spider Flower

swallowtail, spider flower, butterfly swallowtail butterfly A swallowtail enjoyed some afternoon sun on our spider flower (Cleome hybrid).\r\n

Minneapolis, Minnesota

No Laundry No Cares

clothesline, clothespin, summer clothespin Enjoying summer on my deck.\r\n

Morning Sun

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

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\n

East Brunswick, New Jersey

Sunset

sunset, costa rica sunset costa rica A gorgeous Costa Rican sunset.

Reflection

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\n

Pennsylvania

Bee on the Go

bumblebee, field, kansas bumblebee in kansas field A bee flies by a field in Kansas.

Saving Beauty

chelsea sunset Marin County, California

Feeding Time

caterpillar, moth caterpillar moth caterpillar A moth caterpillar in Oklahoma.

A Buzz About Summer

thistle, flower, bee thistle flower and bee A thistle flower with a bumblebee.\r\n

Oklahoma

Summer Lavender & Butterfly

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

purple phlox, flower purple phlox Summertime in Morrisonville, New York.

The Pollinator

bee, pollen, flower bee and flower These trees bloom two times a year for us, spring and fall. Keeps our bumblebees busy.\r\n

Rhododendron, New Hampshire

Sabino Canyon Butterfly

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\n

Sabino Canyon, Arizona

Sunset After Storm

sunset, weird weather, worth preserving Beautiful sunset after a raging storm.

Elk Lake, Michigan

Sun Lover

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 and Grasshopper

coneflower, grasshopper coneflower and grasshopper I had coneflowers in my backyard and happened upon a grasshopper sitting on one of the blossoms.\r\n

Arlington Heights, Illinois

Coastal Sunrise

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.