Mid-July

Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) 

Buttonbush is another in a growing list of beautiful poisonous plants out here. (Thank you, Harlin, for the shots.)

White tridens ( Tridens albescens)

    A tall perennial bunchgrass, this white tridens grows several feet north of the orchard.

    And for yet another very, very sweet web site for all things living and worth some perusing, check out the Encyclopedia of Life.

Swift setwing (Dythemis velox) 

I cannot watch these small fish

feed on stream algae

without pausing to write

this poem about me watching them