What to do on a beautiful Sunday afternoon? My friend Amanda and I decided to forgo the canoeing venture some of our siblings were organizing in favor of a walk in the woods. We grabbed our cameras, in hopes of happening upon some photo-worthy Nature along the way. As usual, Creation didn’t disappoint. The delicate wildflowers which dotted our path were relatively easy to photograph, but I had to do a little chasing and sneaking to snap a few shots of the monarch butterfly (below); and as for the two deer which dashed across the path just behind us–I didn’t even try!

Downy Yellow Violet

Wild Columbine

Early Meadow Rue

Monarch butterfly

Watching our shadows glide along before us gave me the idea to try a “Shadow Portrait”. In this shot, we’re attempting to capture the essence of the horrors of Mosquito Warfare (every one of us a battle-hardened veteran).
From left to right: Amanda Kastner, Me (Janna), Amanda Berge and Breanna Kastner.

Amanda B. obligingly blows the fluff off one more dandelion, providing her dear older sister with subject matter for the above photo.

Our walk was such fun, Amanda was inspired to begin a blog devoted to the wildflowers in our home state, Minnesota. Most of the wildflower names are stolen from her site. I don’t know how she remembers them all!…