Tiger

Tiger swallowtail, minus one tail.

 

Calm

A quiet place on a hot day.

 

Ruler of the feeder

It's hummingbird season again.  The males are staking their territory and chasing off anyone who dares eat from their feeder.  

 

Crippled Cranefly

Does this little darling look like a fly?  

It's named Crippled Cranefly orchid supposedly because it looks like...you guessed it, a crippled cranefly.  This tiny orchid is a native in North Carolina.  It loves the forest leaf litter and only has leaves in the winter when the trees let light into the forest floor.

 

Fishing pier

 

The fishing pier at Shelly Lake.  

Rosemalloiw

Hibiscus growing wild in North Carolina?  Well, sort of.  It's a Crimsoneyed Rosemallow, common to swampy areas in the Eastern US.

 (See here)

 

Rain

A quiet place to sit to watch the raindrops on the lake.