16 August 2026 (morning heat)

morning heat

clouds of monarchs Disney-fy

the lavender patch

25 July 2026 (waxing gibbous)

waxing gibbous

looking for butterfly eggs

on the milkweed

12 October 2025 (last day)

last day on the island . . .

a monarch pauses

on some seaside asters

27 September 2025 (sunset chill)

sunset chill

the monarch’s silhouette

as it flutters to roost

27 September 2022 (late afternoon)

late afternoon light . . .

butterflies bend

the goldenrod

18 September 2022 (noon ferry)

noon ferry

halfway across the bay

a monarch keeps pace

7 September 2022 (golden milk)

golden milk . . .

a monarch floats past

the cafe window

18 September 2021 (monarch)

right here

a monarch tastes

some asters

9 August 2021 (monarch)

a monarch also

giving it some attention . . .

fruiting crabapple

23 July 2021 (monarch)

high summer

the monarch pauses

atop the coneflower

22 September 2019 (monarchs)

morning sky

filling with clouds

of sunlit monarchs