Category Archives: Flower

In Remembrance …

By Jim | Published December 7, 2020

Today’s post has been published in remembrance of Pastor Kelly Caldwell, of West Lake Christian Church, who passed away last week, after a long, hard fight against the covid virus. I first met Pastor Kelly about two years ago. When visiting my (now) fiancee, Bobbie, at the Lake of the Ozarks, we would attend the […]

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Fun Friday: Table For 2 Please!

By Jim | Published November 20, 2020

Today’s post features a couple of Silver-spotted Skipper butterflies as they share a “table”, using a zinnia flower as their dinner table:   Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 5D Mark3 body Canon 100-400mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens Handheld, with IS “On” ISO 400 Aperture f/5.6 Shutter Speed 1/6000 sec.    

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Yellow-bellied Visitors

By Jim | Published November 18, 2020

Today’s post features another butterfly visitor to our Lake of the Ozarks (Missouri) butterfly garden this past summer, the Cloudless Sulphur. Typically a nice yellow color (as it’s name “sulphur” implies), there seemed to be several that were more white, or pale green, than the standard yellow. The sulphurs were content on our large zinnia […]

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Spicebush Swallowtails

By Jim | Published November 17, 2020

Today’s post features some of the many (and I mean many!) Spicebush Swallowtail butterflies that visited our Lake of the Ozarks (Missouri) butterfly garden this summer.  Hardly a day went by without seeing at least 2-3 of these beautiful butterflies: They were frequent visitors to the zinnias and the “Blushing Suzy” flowering vines. Nectar was […]

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Blushing Suzy

By Jim | Published October 7, 2020

Today’s post features a new flower I grew in our Lake of the Ozarks (Missouri) butterfly garden this year. Known as “Blushing Suzies”, these gorgeous flowers were an instant hit with me … and a lot of butterflies! The Blushing Suzies are akin to Black-Eyed Susan Vines, differing in color. I grew these from seeds, […]

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