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In Remembrance …
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 […]
Also posted in 2020, Blog, Flower, Insect Photography, Nature Photography, Photography from a kayak, Wildflowers
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Spicebush Swallowtails
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 […]
Also posted in 2020, Blog, Butterfly Photography, Flower, Insect Photography, Nature Photography
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Life Continues
Today’s post features a couple of Monarch butterfly chrysallises that have been busy transforming into beautiful Monarch butterflies, in my Lake of the Ozarks (Missouri) garage. These photos were captured shortly before the adult Monarch eclosed from the chrysallis (in the first image, note you can start to see the patterned orange/black wings, through the […]
Also posted in 2020, Blog, Butterfly Photography, Insect Photography, Nature Photography
Tagged Lake of the Ozarks, Monarch
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Alien Life Form?
Today’s post features a couple of images I captured over the weekend. As the great Monarch butterfly migration towards Mexico progresses, I have a total of five Monarch “cats” that have been busy transforming into chrysalises (or, is that chrysali?). I managed to capture a lot of images of this metamorphosis, and I’m working on […]
Also posted in 2020, Blog, Butterfly Photography, Insect Photography, Nature Photography
Tagged Lake of the Ozarks, Monarch
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Cats Galore!
Today’s post features some of the many Monarch “cats” (caterpillars) that we’ve been finding in our Lake of the Ozarks butterfly garden. We have quite a lot of milkweed plants, which is the Monarch’s host plant. For the past 2-3 weeks, the Monarch activity around the garden here has been quite high. Here are a […]
Also posted in 2020, Blog, Butterfly Photography, Insect Photography, Nature Photography, Wildflowers
Tagged Lake of the Ozarks, Monarch
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Fun Friday: Eggs-citing Times
Today’s “Fun Friday” post features a highlight for us this time of the year … the last of the migrating Monarchs have arrived! Today’s images were captured recently in our lakeside butterfly garden, where some Monarch butterfly eggs were observed on some Tropical Milkweed plant leaves: Cropping the same image to a much larger image: […]
Also posted in 2020, Blog, Butterfly Photography, Insect Photography, Nature Photography, Wildflowers
Tagged Lake of the Ozarks, Monarch
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Solitary Beauty
Today’s post features a single standing Trillium wildflower that was blooming in the woodlands of Ha Ha Tonka State Park, earlier this spring. There were quite a few Trilliums blooming, but this lonely flower was off to the side, all by itself: Springtime walks in Missouri woodlands are something special to me. Photographic Equipment […]
Also posted in 2020, Blog, Nature Photography, Wildflowers
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A Little Piece of Florida
Today’s post features images I captured this week from a new, Plumaria plant we have growing on our back deck at the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. Plumaria are a tropical species of flowering plant/tree. When we visited a friend in Florida this past February, she broke off a piece of one of her Plumaria […]
Fun Friday: With a Luna …
Today’s post features an interesting critter that I don’t see very often, but always a joy to see one … the Luna Moth. Earlier this week, we saw this little guy as it was perched on a barberry bush next to our garage. This was spotted around noon time, with very harsh light. So, I […]
Also posted in 2020, Blog, Butterfly Photography, focus stacking, Fun Friday post, Insect Photography, Nature Photography
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Solitary Bloodroot
Today’s post comes from a very special and beautiful place … Ha Ha Tonka State Park, in the Missouri Ozarks. This is where my fiancee, Bobbie, and I first met, in the fall of 2018. These photos were captured a couple of weeks ago, just before our state’s “stay-in-place” mandate. Ever since then, I’ve wanted […]