Meadows at the river Elbe, Lower Saxony, Germany Alster tourboat, Hamburg, Germany Castle Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, German… Approaching Thunderstorm Teaching the art of finding food. Mirror in the garden. Penstemon digitalis are blooming everywhere Last evening Male & female house finch dining together A well-trained Maggie Female Red-winged Blackbird Watching me. Not sure, maybe a Widow. Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) Whitetail Whitetail Whitetail A tree stump creature Evening mood. Clouds covering the moon. Our daily visitor. Catalpa flower Camphorweed, or Golden Aster (Heterotheca) The Wetland Pricess Evening mood at the lake. The calm after a storm. Thunderstorm clouds. Wild iris. Freedom for Maggie. Groundhog (Marmota monax) Groundhog (Marmota monax) Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) Porcupine in Michigan Porcupine in Michigan A new 'Squirrel Flower'. Sunset at lake's edge. Pure silk. Ringlet Satyr (Coenonympha tullia) Rushing water's cooling effect. Male conference. My dreamhouse! Eastern Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) Elderberry blossoms.