Monarch!

Today I found this Monarch caterpillar on one of the common milkweed plants.  

Our tadpoles are growing.

Also on the milkweed, a red milkweed beetle, or milkweed longhorn.

I liked the patterns made by the shadow of this common whitetail.

I was walking along Perimeter Road when this tree came crashing down.

There wasn't just one crack, but many, and the trunk looks twisted.  I was not aware that the winds were that strong yesterday.