by Dave | Jul 4, 2007 | Butterflies, Fauna
With wings opened and closed
by Dave | Jul 4, 2007 | Butterflies, Fauna, Kansas
The position of the coneflower behind the butterfly clutters the composition but this is my only good photo of a zebra.
by Dave | Jul 3, 2007 | Butterflies, Fauna
by Dave | Jul 3, 2007 | Butterflies, Fauna, Garden, Kansas
This painted lady butterfly got my attention with the intricate graphic designs on the underside of its wings. It was one of many types fluttering around Toad Hollow on Sunday.
by Dave | Jul 1, 2007 | Fauna, Kansas
Butterflies, moths and bees were all thick around the purple coneflower at Nina’s (Toad Hollow) last week.
by Dave | Jul 1, 2007 | Black and White, Fauna
I peeked inside of a spider’s lair today and this is what I found. A common garden spider nestled among his strands, beads of rain clinging at the junctions.
by Dave | May 25, 2007 | Fauna, Kansas
by Dave | Jul 23, 2006 | Fauna, Kansas, The Natural World
Above, sunlight refracts off segments of an orb spider’s web. I went into the woods today just looking for trouble. And this afternoon the backwoods were pretty unpleasant. Along a river section of forest it was dense, dark and hot. The spaces between the trees were...
by Dave | Jul 22, 2006 | Fauna, Kansas
Shibunkins, a calico patterned breed of goldfish, raise circles of ripples as they scout the surface of the water garden. They get pretty excited that way when they see me coming. It’s the FOOD connection. I put a hand in the pond and some come up to nibble on my...
