Chicory—a true flower of summer—is blooming along East Street. This unidentified butterfly was enjoying the nectar and paid very little attention to me as I snapped several photos.
Panasonic GX8, Lumix 14-140mm lens @ 140mm, ISO 500, f/6.3, 1/1300″ exposure.
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Hummingbird moths are wonderfully surprising insects. The first time I saw one many years ago, I had no idea what I was looking at. It moved like a hummingbird, but obviously wasn’t one. Nor was it a large bumble bee. There are two varieties of hummingbird moth common to North America—the Snowberry Clearwing and the Hummingbird Clearwing (pictured above). The reddish coloration is a clear indication of the latter. This little guy was quite busy at the azalea blooming by our kitchen window. Panasonic GX8, Lumix 24-140mm lens @ 61mm, ISO 800, f/8, 1/2000″ exposure. |
The poppies are popping in full bloom in our back garden.
Panasonic GX8, Lumix 24-140mm lens @ 140mm, ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/1000″ exposure
Simple, elegant, beautiful. An cinnamon fern slowly unfurls in the woods across Fargo Brook.
Panasonic GX8, Lumix 30mm macro lens, ISO 640, f/4, 1/640″ exposure
We went for a short hike up Mt. Hunger in Waterbury today (dutifully turning around at the “Trail Closed” sign above the waterfall…) I’d thought that, after being away from the Vermont woods for a month, that we’d missed the spring ephemerals. Not so! The trail up the mountain was alive with all the “usual suspects”! In places, the spring beauties covered the forest floor, and their fragrance sweetened the air! What a fine welcome back to the hills of Vermont!
Panasonic GM5, 12-32mm lens @ various lengths, various ISOs, apertures, and shutter speeds.
Our temperature got down to -24f this morning. I knew there would be some lovely ice crystals forming along the fringes of open water in Fargo Brook. I wasn’t disappointed! These delicate “frost feathers” are only about 2mm across. Fine indeed!
Panasonic Lumix GM5, Lumix 30mm macro, ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/160″ exposure.
In this closer look at the milkweed pod I posted the other day, the silk bedecked seeds seem to be peeking out of their pod in anticipation of wind disbursing them.
Panasonic Lumix GM5, Lumix 30mm macro lens, ISO 400, f/8, 1/125″ exposure.
A honey bee samples nectar from the fragrant bug bane in our ornamental garden.
Panasonic Lumix GM5, Lumix 30mm macro lens, ISO 400, f/2.8, 1/2000″ exposure.
White flox peek from between fence pickets in our ornamental garden.
Panasonic Lumix GM5, Lumix 30mm macro lens, ISO 800, f/2.5, 1/5000″ exposure
John Hadden Photography 