Fall Colors...........

Orange is really a fall color and when things start to be less green, the monarch looks in season.  I had two of these waiting for me to photograph on Monday when I went out to the zinnias.  The little yellow flowers really don't seem real but I am wondering if the butterfly is getting nectar from them.

White Winged Insect......

I took shots of this white butterfly last weekend.  Sometimes I bury things and forget that I have not posted shots.  I am thinking this is either the white moth butterfly or the cabbage white butterfly. He has a lot of weathering, wear and tear on the top ends of his wings.

He was opening and closing his wings here and I thought it lucky to catch it in transition.

I saved my best photo for last.  The butterfly didn't seem to be too concerned about me being around so I was able to play with the lining up of the flowers.  I have seen the yellow sulfite one out there but not a picture of one have I taken. 

Glories in the Morning.........

As I left for work this morning the trellis at the back door had two perfect blooms of morninglories.  The blue one is so strong looking and is a larger size that the others.  I bet it is twice the size of the ones I see growing wild in the cornfield.

The other one that was blooming was this red one.  I know I won't see the red one when I get home from work but the blue one has a past history of staying open night and day for a couple of days.  I might see that one tonight. 

I messed with the camera and the moon shots last night and I have to get myself schooled on how to do the moon shots.  I watched the moon come up last night from my chair looking out over the neighbor's garage.  It seemed to raise quickly last night.

Having an Off Day............

The wind was strong but I bet this was done by a friendly cat or maybe even a raccoon.  There is water in a fountain nearby so any creature could have toppled the angel while getting a drink. I did set the angel back right with the world and he sits guard on the bench. .

Getting Myself in Focus..........

A dull day with lots of moisture can cause me to get a grainy photo.  I think it can cause a nice effect but it doesn't make the photo fit into the pile of perfect photos.

On a sunny day things do clear up and the camera can perform well.  The mosquitoes are gone for now so I can get out and take new photos today.  The town sprays before the homecoming weekend to help rid us of all those small insects.

Missed a Day Again........

It is a jumbled mess as the sunflowers are in decline.  There are actually four heads shown in the picture and there is a stem that has a head above all of this off the photo.  I don't intentionally miss posting but yesterday was apparently a "brain is dead" day. I miss posting on one of my other blogs earlier this week.  I guess my Thursday was so much like Wednesday at school that I thought I must have done it. Teaching in the music room was exhausting and today it will be more of a breeze teaching in the middle  school science room.

Patriot Day.....

The students and staff were to wear their red, white and blue to school yesterday.   I had to do some digging in the spare closet to find my old flag tie.  Male teachers don't wear ties to work anymore but I did rather than dig up a patriotic shirt.  I guess I did have a t-shirt with a flag on it.  Anyway, I was surprised that I could make it through most all of the day with the tie around my neck.  I did loosen it a little by the last period of the day.  I did look and was glad to see that the tie was made in the USA.