aspen mandala

Just because had shown the aspen branch turning, now the trees.

Swallowtail

The curves on the edge of the Swallow Tail Butterfly make interesting patterns - it wasn't until I looked at the whole circle that I saw the heart shapes toward the center. One never knows.

it's officially fall!

Got to see lots of aspen over the weekend driving on I-70 from east of Vail to Denver. Glorious!

Dahlia

Dahlia flowers are big and showy but still very pretty. They naturally form a big circle but I still like to play around with them to see whit kind of patterns form in the middle of the image.

bee

Our necessary bees - this one from the Botanic Gardens. Their star this weekend is the corpse flower "Stinky" that bloomed Sept 1st. It is not pollinated by bees.