Exploring Nature’s Golden Yellows with Gardens, Flowers, and Butterflies

Terri’s Sunday Stills challenge is Nature’s Golden Yellows. The Lens-Artists challenge from Ann-Christine is What’s in a Garden? Both these challenge have flowers and nature in common so combining them into one post made perfect sense to me.

I’ve discovered many golden yellow flowers and butterflies during walks in nature and when visiting gardens. The following images are a few of my favorites.

Yellow at Calloway Gardens

Garden in Alaska

Yellow Butterfly

Yellow Meyer Lemon in my garden

I’ll finish with a gallery of yellow flowers

Many thanks to Ann-Christine for her Lens-Artists Challenge #311 What’s In a Garden?

Many thanks to Terri for her Sunday Stills challenge Nature’s Golden Yellows

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #304 – Behind

Ritva’s challenge is to pay attention to the background behind our subject.

I chose a few images from nature for this challenge. I used depth of field to blur the background to keep the focus on the main subject.

Many thanks to our host Ritva for this challenge Lens-Artists #304 – Behind

Yellow is my Favorite Color

For this month’s Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge Terri wants to know if we are all in for yellow. I am!

On a recent visit to middle Georgia my husband and I wandered around Butterflies and Blooms in the Briar Patch at the Briar Patch Walking Trail in Putnam County, Georgia. As I walked along the trail I kept my eyes peeled for butterflies and yellow flowers. I hope you enjoy these yellows as much as I did!

Flowers and butterflies! What’s not to love?

To learn more about this wonderful pollinator habitat please visit their FaceBook page Butterflies and Blooms in the Briar Patch.

Shared with Terri’s Sunday Stills Are you all-In for Yellow?

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #255 -Telling a story

Patti has challenged us to focus on telling a story with our images.

My story is the life cycle of a Monarch butterfly. I haven’t been able to capture Monarch’s in my garden this year so these images are all from my archives.

Female Monarchs lay their eggs on Milkweed
Caterpillars emerge from the hatched eggs and eat the leaves of a milkweed plant. Milkweed is all they eat.
The Monarch Caterpillar crawls to a place to form a chrysalis.
The caterpillar changes into a butterfly while inside the chrysalis.
A new adult Monarch emerges from the chrysalis

Many thanks to Patti for the challenge Lens-Artists Challenge #255 – Telling a Story