08/26/2022 Saugatuck Michigan - Atteva Aurea on Coneflower
Atteva Aurea
Along the floodplain
Wild coneflower blossoms,
Yellow-
With a pale green core
and all around it
thin-bodied moths,
black, orange and white -
alight and explore,
like astronauts
probing another planet.
August 26, 2022 I walked to the Mildred A Peterson Nature Preserve today after yoga. I knew from my running group that there was a trail through there into the northern edge of Saugatuck, and that it would probably be pretty peaceful on a Friday morning. I was hoping to get some pictures of dragonflies… I didn’t. BUT. I saw these beautiful yellow flowers that I thought were daisies until I looked them up and found out that they are cutleaf coneflowers, native to North America; found mostly around wetlands like this. They were covered with so many different kinds of insects that I didn’t see until I got in close to get some pictures. An entire society living right under my nose. So many colors, so many shapes – some familiar, like the bee; some alien to me; like the dragonfly-ish dark small-winged creature sitting on a petal.
08.26/2022 Bee pollinating Cutleaf Cornflower
08/26/2022 Wild white perennial pea
August 26, 2022 - Not sure what this flower is.. growing in the pond.
August 27, 2022 Three deer on the edge of the bluff as i was finishing my run
08/28/2022 Roadside daisies
August 28, 2022 I started taking pictures of yellow flowers for my sister, Rita, because she loves yellow - and flowers, but after I took a few, I understood. It’s like sunshine, even when the day is gloomy.
August 29, 2022 Not sure if anyone but me would find this touching; but the dried out, holey leaf looked so much like an old, much worn jacket hanging up to dry…and in a way, I guess it is.
August 29, 2022 Playing with perspective - a rock inside a shell with the sun setting like a cherry on top.
August 29, 2022 Wally. A toy walrus I found on a road trip through south Florida. He’s been traveling with me everywhere. I took him down to sunset to get his silhouette over the lake. Just for fun.