Milk Weed, from bud to flower, posing nicely in the evening sunlight.
Everywhere we look on our daily walk milk weed is springing forth. Most plants have buds just waiting to burst into flower while a few have started their blooms. We all know milkweed is an important flower for the Monarch Butterfly but given its abundance it helps sustain many pollinators both large and small.
Summer is truly upon us…on your mark, get set….go.
Along Clear Creek in Denver, CO.
nature has no boss 
beautiful!!!
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Thanks and thanks for the feedback as we really appreciate it. hope your day is going well and wishing you a great weekend.
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…waiting for the Monarchs…
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That would be nice although photographing butterflies can be even more frustrating that photographing birds at times.
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A beautiful photograph – right now, the southern hemisphere is looking forward to the end of chilly weather!
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Hi Anne, although summer has just begun here it has been hot this week so I am looking for a bit of your chilly weather.
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Superb photo Mike, would be interested in your camera settings
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Hi and thanks, Nikon 105mm lens, iso 200, f-4 and shutter speed 1/500.
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So lovely!
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It is a beautiful flower indeed and right now we are lucky to have it bursting forth in abundance.
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Oh, I love to see fields of flowers!
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Fields of flowers are one the the true gifts of summer.
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So true.
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🙂
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Marvelous to read that it’s springing up everywhere. Much needed for our beloved Monarchs.
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It is indeed growing well where we frequent although it’s a big world and a long complex journey for those Monarchs. Amazing to think of the whole ecology involved and the intergenerational aspect of Monarch reproduction.
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What an interesting name, milkweed flower. Love the pictures on all of your posts!
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Hi and thanks. We enjoy sharing what we see while out and about. Hop your day is gong well and wishing you a great weekend.
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You too! I loved this post, the flowers here are pretty!
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Thanks.
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Wow so this is what milkweed looks like! We tried planting it last year since we read its so important for monarch butterflies
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A deed well done. Did it come up.
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Unfortunately no
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I have heard that sometimes those wildflowers just seem to like being left wild.
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Beautiful flower to behold – have you seen any monarchs?
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No Monarchs yet. Innumerable white butterflies and a fews skippers are predominant now.
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