June 2021

I spotted a bird on the edge of the wood.
He flitted and floated as much as he could.
No matter how valiant his effort to hide
His brilliant red eye was too easily spied.
Spotted towhee
Vancouver, Washington

Taking a break between anvil purchases
Coyote
Vancouver, Washington

Beauty and the beast
Ladybug on bull thistle
Vancouver, Washington

Lorquin’s admiral is named for naturalist Pierre Joseph Michel Lorquin. Lorquin came from France to California during the Gold Rush and found treasures such as this.
Vancouver, Washington

Lorquin’s admiral
Vancouver, Washington

For the birds that cannot soar, God has provided low branches. — Turkish proverb
Song sparrow
Vancouver, Washington