A garden for us. Polyphemus moth caterpillar. Polyphemus adult moth. Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus) Culvert's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum) Watching The eye! This was 'our' female hummingbird.*** Belted Kingfisher Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes), fem… Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Chickoree Great Black Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus) Ants in a discussion Boneset Birdfoot trefoil Teasels The tallest Mullein Possibly Knotweed? Never seen before, Centauria, pure white. Late summer landscape The Stony Creek Mountain bike trails at Stony Creek Metropark, MI. Stony Creek Metropark Intiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) Sandhill Cranes The new meter reader. Unusual visitors. Cicada killer (Sphecius speciosus) Words fail. The grumpy old trunk. Our garden pet. Pond hawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) Twelve-spot Skimmer (Libellula pulchella), male Belted Kingfisher, male Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) In the midst of a heat wave A bumble bee dinner table. Rose-of-Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) Summer coneflower frenzy. Mullein are in bloom everywhere. Coneflowers in bloom everywhere. Shadows on the wall.