Nature | August

 It's time to round up this month's nature pictures.

My favorite is the close-up hibiscus flower. The petals look so velvety! 

Do you have a favorite from this gallery? Have you seen inspiring sights in nature this month?

My children ran to get me when they saw this freshly emerged cicada. They didn't want me to miss out on seeing it.

This sphinx month was very well camouflaged on our neighbor's mailbox post 

Knobby knees of the cypress. I loved getting to see these! There is a poem in this scene somewhere. Let me have a crack at it:

Knobby Knees of the Cypress 

A stoic people,

A stable people,

Watching the waves

Ever changing.

They stand,

Unmoved,

Never changing.

To shift?

Or to stay?

To shift 

For the wave is best.

To stay

For the knee is best.

A foggy morning.

I saw a beautiful morning. Drips of rain clung on all the leaves and branches. It could have been a heavy dew. It was hard to tell. The droplets were prisms everywhere! I was able to catch the effect in this picture.