Saturday, August 10, 2013

August butterflies

It's swallowtail season.


Tiger swallowtail on butterfly bush


We have skippers too.


Unidentified skipper on hosta


Location:Wheaton MD

Food

This meal used recipes from Laxmi's Vegetarian Kitchen:



Eggplant and tomatoes;
potatoes with peas and raisins;
 okra


The jalapeƱos, eggplant, okra and tomatoes came from the Wheaton Farm Market, where I found these great peppers a week later:



Blue morning glory at last





Suburban wildlife

At the post office:
Canada geese strolling on Amherst Ave.

In the yard:
Backyard bunny


Quincy MA:



Snail on sidewalk


Natural and strange

Fasciation in Oenothera (Maine 7/13)


Aster yellows deformity in Echinacea (Maryland 8/13)



Odd zinnia: