Let My Pictures Flow

On a bike ride 🚲

Into the realm of stones and water. Crab Gorge.

Slava as Caliban.

“I prithee, let me bring thee where crabs grow, And I with my long nails will dig thee pignuts, Show thee a jay’s nest, and instruct thee how To snare the nimble marmoset. I’ll bring thee To clustering filberts, and sometimes I’ll get thee Young scamels from the rock. Wilt thou go with me?” Shakespeare, The Tempest.

The comma (Polygonia c-album)

Butterfly in the Art Nouveau style

Kneel before Her Majesty!

...as I did to take these pictures. And she was so kind that she agreed to pose. 

Intensive care.

It looked as if the male butterfly had brought the female back to life.

In fact, the male was trying to mate, but the female was too exhausted, possibly dehydrated. The blows of the male's paws and wings returned the female to feeding, after which she was able to fly away and hide from the scorching sun.

One of the most ordinary, but graceful creatures

with wings resembling stained glass windows in the Art Deco style.