Tichu, last week

Blue vervain

Partridge pea pods

Rattlebox pods, backlit

The sun shines through the Crotalaria pods.

Kard Kombat

Yesterday I got to try out a card-driven combat game a friend developed. It was a lot of fun, and I'm impressed by how well it played.

Ticket to Ride

Last night

An American snout

I couldn't figure out what kind of butterfly this was until I Googled "butterfly with long snout," and by golly, I found it fast then.

Their host plant is hackberry.

Spicebush swallowtail

7 Wonders

My first time playing (as it was for everyone present). It was heavier than everyone else was used to, but everyone pretty much got it as we played. 

Bluish mushrooms

Yard Monarch

This is the third one I've seen in my yard in the past week or so. I'd better watch for caterpillars.

Pearl crescent

This pearl crescent was relaxing in the shade of my side yard before I mowed this morning.

Echinacea bee

This tiny bee was packing away the pollen from my coneflower.

Eye-catching bee colors

2 games of Flamme Rouge

5 player. 

Front yard insects

Milkweed beetle

Zebra swallowtail caterpillars

So tiny.

Zebra swallowtail caterpillars

They're tiny!