Flutterby

...during last weekend's scorching heat wave, this amazing--and huge--Monarch butterfly perched on a leaf near where Nick and I were sitting in his backyard.  The markings are just beautiful in their intricacy and design. What wonders there are in our world, peeps...

Wilderness

...I've badly neglected my photo blog of late--it's been a tough few months--but now, with Summer here, there will be more to photograph and I'll have more time to take the shots...at least in theory.

In the early evening last night whilst out on the front deck, I watched this handsome blue jay land in a tree next to my driveway and survey his domain.  The mountains in the distance look smoky in the heat haze...