More than a rumor of a summer storm,
a psychological stargazer spins telepathic fires
as the summer burns out the night.
 

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Katydid | Tettigoniidae

Unseen by a busy world,
fireflies rustle through unused lawns,
their flickers dissolving into evening shadows,
last link to the spirit world of summer memories.

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Firefly | Lampyridae | Photurinae | Photuris

A memory of summer, a butterfly accidentally introduced to North America,
the Cabbage White, before the dust was brushed from its wings.

One dark spot mark it a male, I believe.

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Cabbage White Butterfly | Lepidoptera | Pieris rapae

       Summer’s here and fireflies are flickering in the fading twilight, lighting up the evenings. I’ve got some spectacular lightning bug images from 2008 and now this year, but I’m saving most of them for a book I have in development.

       Any other firefly sightings out there? Are their more fireflies this year than in the past, or less?

A pair of songbirds leap and tumble in the late afternoon sunlight, chasing each other and showing off to a hidden observer.

A honeybee catches the last rays of a late summer sun.

Lounging in the late summer warmth,
a winter ant concentrates on its grooming rituals,
contemplating the microwilderness.
 

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Hymenoptera | Apocrita | Vespoidea | Formicidae

Hear the fading cry of an intense sparrow,
battling an invisible late summer wind.

See sparrows kiss.

An industrious ant from late summer.

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Ant | Formicidae

Detroit pop band PAS/CAL released their debut album,
I Was Raised on Matthew, Mark, Luke & Laura last week.
 

Here’s one of my photograph’s of Casimer Pascal from the summer of 2003.
 

A sparrow twists in the humid summer air. The feathers along the humerus bone of her wing have been lost or worn away, evidence of a hard life.

Buy a print of this image.

See a rain-soaked sparrow.