Stormy this evening in Missouri...

A Kaleidoscope of Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) surround newly blossomed milk weed flowers.
These are all males. They get together and hang out on beautiful days like this in Excelsior Springs Missouri
#Nature #Butterflies #Sanity

When Butterflies emerge, they don't grow. Being a butterfly is the last stage in their growth and is their adulthood. It doesn't mean they always act like adults. :)
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A Silver Spotted Skipper - Epargyreus clarus I saw today on Williams Creek in Excelsior Springs (NW) Missouri. These long winged butterflies are nearly always seen in this posture, wings up. During mating they will open them at what is a risk.
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The Viceroy Butterfly - Limenitis archippus
Fishing River
I saw her this afternoon in the willow row... I showed up, sat still and waited. Soon, she and a companion did a fly by. wait. Finally, she came to this willow you see her perched there. I left without spooking.
#Butterfly #Nature #Sanity

Peonies are blossoming now....
#Nature #Sanity

American Snout butterfly - Libytheana carinenta
This brush footed butterfly is so ancient it's in the fossil record. They frequent stream edges and have both a leaf appearance and a colorful streak depending on their audience. Excelsior Springs Missouri #Butterfly #Nature #Sanity

Trilobite - Bolaspidela housensis
I found this fossil in Utah last week. It is about 400 million years old from the Cambrian period prior to the rise of the dinosaurs. These were one of the most successful species to ever live. #trilobite #cambrian #fossil

Happy Mothers Day...

This Juvenal's Duskywing Butterfly (Gesta Juvenales) found me today along banks of Fishing River, NW Missouri. Once they become aware of your presence, they will share the space at a distance. Readjusting to you as you move. If they fly into a shadow, they disappear.
#Butterfly #Nature #Sanity

!!Hands OFF!! KC April 5th, 2025 52 new items added to shared album

Thousands of people in the street today in Kansas City for Hands OFF Rally opposing Trump administration policies. Young, old and in-between people from all walks of life ignored the chill and turned out to have their voices heard and defend our democracy from. photos.app.goo.gl/8x6TY2rMYpcH...

Springtime on the little lake...
Crystal Lakes Missouri
#Landscape #Nature #Sanity

Sunset in Excelsior Springs Missouri...
#Sunset #Nature #Sanity

Downtown Excelsior Springs Missouri on this beautiful spring day of March 29th, 2025
#SanityCity

Little Green YouTube video by Joni Mitchell - Topic

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Just a little green like the color when the spring is born...
Excelsior Springs Missouri
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An Orange Sulfur -Colias eurytheme samples a new flower on the water at Crystal Lakes Missouri.
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Trump Policy Protest at Josh Hawley Office 52 new items added to shared album

Photos Protest in Kansas City Missouri March 12. Indivisible at Senator Josh Hawley's office protesting Trump/Musx/GOP policies. photos.google.com/share/AF1Qip...

Only 6 days to spring! This is one of the early butterfly in spring. Mourning Cloak- Nymphalis antiopa These large beautiful butterflies may winter over beneath bark and emerge early. These warm days would lend themselves to that happening now. I shot this last spring. Excelsior Springs Mo.
#Nature

Ring Billed Gulls fishing off the dam at Crystal Lakes Missouri...
#Birds #Nature #Sanity

Just about a mile south of here, sanity starts popping up everywhere. A bird, a tree, an old barn, something more important outside than the anxiety within.
Clay County Missouri
#Nature #Lanscape #Sanity

I saw this guy purusing an open field today. The nearby lake is still slightly frozen.
Excelsior Springs Missouri
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Winter window mostly down...
Excelsior Springs Missouri
#Landscape #Sunset #Sanity

February's Winter Sunlight
Clay County Missouri
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Bronze Copper Butterfly - Lycaena hyllus
in Excelsior Springs Missouri
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February day on Fishing River in Ray County Missouri...
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The Color of February from my ride around Crystal Lakes (NW) Missouri yesterday.
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Sometimes the February sun changes it all and me...
#Nature #Sanity #Missouri #Landscape

Tom Waits - All The World is Green with Lyrics YouTube video by NrGklp

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"Maybe when our story's over
We'll go where it's always spring
The band is playing our song again
And all the world is green"
-Tom Waits