This Too Is Awful

and marvelous.

Just look at her

(imagine she's in focus and out of shadow if you wish)

probe the stem and place each egg:

so dedicated and beautiful is the Spreadwing
(whether Southern or Sweetflag).

I think Sweetflag because of the size of the large ovipositor and brown eyes.

Another Day of Messes

Even lying flat out across the path, head uphill and feet down toward the lake, I could not for the life of me get the shot I wanted.

But thanks to Peter Elbow's excellent advice (This is awful, but I like it), about which I've written previously, I love the shots anyway.

Imagine me squinting. (You might want to do the same!)