Milkweed is in bloom and an exceptionally good crop of it is sprouting this year and the bees and other insects are enjoying it. Hopefully we'll see an exceptional year for Monarch butterflies.
The weather finally cleared long enough for an evening walk. The birds were settling down for the evening, satisfied and full and talking to each other. And clouds lining the horizon dropped down into the bog.
This plant tries to protect itself with a row of tiny needles. But the needles don't protect it from being eaten by insects as most of the leaf is gone---eaten all the way up to the security measure.
