Lake and Mountain

Carmi's Thematic Photographic 346 is Where You Work. I'm going with "Where You Take Pictures."

The Lake:

The Mountain:

Here's my butterfly weed experiment. Will there be enough sun in front of the house? Will some critter just eat it? Did I dig deep enough to get enough taproot?

Here's some butterfly weed in action:

I'm also linking to Michelle's Nature Notes (#325). Mouse over pics for captions, and click them for larger versions.
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Saturday Butterflies 7.14.2012

Here's a site where you can compare butterfly species side by side. It was helpful in determining whether the big yellow butterfly was an Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail or an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.













UPDATE: Bonus Sunday Great Spangled Fritillary on Bull Thistle flower pictures.







(Cross-posted at Whiskey Fire. Mouse over pics for captions, and click them for larger versions.)
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