Sunday, August 30, 2020

A Drive Down Bell's Lane

We drove down Bell's Lane again today. Didn't really see any birds or deer, but we did see some beauty. These Jewelweed flowers, hanging by a thread and shmmering like real jewels.



I don't know the name of these, maybe some kind of wild sunflower or tickseed. Do you know what they are?




And tiny Pearl Crescent Butterflies, sucking up minerals from the dirt.


May all your weeds be wildflowers.
~Author Unknown

22 comments:

DeniseinVA said...

The jewel weed is a real pretty flower and great photos of the other flowers and pretty butterflies too.

Hootin Anni said...

no matter their name, they're called pretty!

Reanaclaire said...

Oh they are really so delicate looking, indeed they live up to the name!

Ella said...

Wow! The butterfly is beautiful, and the flowers to!
On my blog where the dandelion is ... it's not a book, it's a drawing I made on the pages of an old book!
I wish you a nice week!

Ann said...

I've never seen anything like the jewelweed or the other. Very pretty. I just saw a little butterfly like the one in your picture for the very first time. I was out in the back yard with Gibbs yesterday and there it was flitting around. I wanted to go grab my camera but I knew it would be gone before I got back.

Martha said...

The flowers are all so beautiful and I love those pretty little butterflies too!

Nancy Chan said...

Very pretty jewelweed flowers. The wild flowers and butterflies are pretty too.

George said...

Thanks for sharing all these beautiful pictures with us.

Rose said...

I was hoping someone else could name the other flower...I never know what it is. the Jewel weed flower is pretty.

Chatty Crone said...

Beautiful!

MadSnapper said...

those flowers are new to me, and they are gorgeous.. the butterfly comes under AMAZING! love it and its colors

Tamago said...

Beautiful flowers and butterflies! I don’t know the name of the unidentified flower, either. Jewelweed flowers are beautiful. They do look like jewels :-)

Carla from The River said...

Those are unique flowers Ginny! Thank you for sharing.

Buttercup said...

Love your pictures today. Thanks for your thoughts about the varieties of M and M's. I will be on the lookout for the "new" flavors and expect to see a blog post when I get enough pictures. Take care!

Inger said...

Beautiful flowers, just what I needed today. Do you guys take a drive every day? I love hearing about them.

photowannabe said...

Love the quote about all of our weeds being wildflowers.
that's a great focus on life.
Great capture of the butterfly too.
Sue

Beside a babbling brook... said...

Gorgeous! Love wild flowers.

🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁

Ruth Hiebert said...

The Jewelweed is so pretty and I love that precious little butterfly.

CheerfulMonk said...

Thank you!

Mari said...

So pretty! I love how the light is shining on them.

L. D. said...

I have never seen on of the top flowers before. You have some great photos of summer things.

Jenny the Pirate said...

So gorgeous ... and you know way more names than I do! xoxo

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