In My Yard

The Conductor

The butterfly conducts
Nature's symphony
With multi-color wings
And perfect timing.

For Open Link Monday at Imaginary Garden With Real Toads

For Alex...

I first met Alex a hundred years ago when he became my good-natured adversary.  I would post a picture of a bird, a butterfly or a plant.  Alex would jokingly ask, "But what KIND is it?"  I think he knew I was a person who had to answer any question.  I worked hard identifying what creature or plant was going to be in my post. We bantered back and forth.  I discovered he is author of at least three books and is a well-rounded happy family man with a similar sense of humor.  We both like to play with words.

This post is for you, dear Alex.  Bet you would've had to look them up too!

A Mormon Metalmark or Apodemia mormo

enjoying a meal of pollen on purple cone flower

or Echinacea purpurea  .

Rose of Sharon bush or Hibiscus syriacus.

Photinus Coleoptera

or Lightning Bug or Firefly.

Their light is used to attract mates or meals.

Pterophylla camellifolia  or Katydid 

sitting on Plantago major or Plantian

Leopard frog or Lithobates sphenocephalus

sitting on tire (Good Year)

with Johnson Grass and Virginia Creeper.

Happy Friday, Alex!!!

I am open to correction if I've named anything wrong.