Papilio glaucus, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly, is native to Eastern United States. The male is identified by the yellow color and four stripes on each wing. It feeds on the nectar of many species of flowers has paused here on a butterfly bush.

Iris is a genus of 260–300 species of flowering plants that come in a variety of colors. The iris takes its name from the Greek word for rainbow and also the Greek goddess of the rainbow.

A patch of wild buttercup flowers (Ranunculus) bend to the sun in early summer. Flowers in this genus are also known as spearworts and water crowfoots.

Iris is a genus of 260–300 species of flowering plants that come in a variety of colors. The iris takes its name from the Greek word for rainbow and also the Greek goddess of the rainbow.

The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a genus of flowering plants native to the Americas. They have edible seeds and large flower heads atop tall stalks. Sunflowers are fairly drought tolerant and cultivated in sunny locations across the globe.

The old-fashioned bleeding heart plant is an early spring perennial bloomer. (Lamprocapnos spectabilis)

An American flag hanging from a boat in Falmouth Harbor on Cape Cod, USA is reflecting in a ripple pattern on the water.

Cherry tomatoes are an excellent source of: Vitamin A, C, E and potassium. They are thought to be a cross between a wild type tomato and the cultivar garden variety. Scientific name: Solanum lycopersicum.

Standing on a rock in a backyard birdbath, the praying mantis is enjoying the summer sun. Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats.

Seagulls flock together on Ballston Beach in the town of Truro on Cape Cod, USA.

Provincetown, Massachusetts is at the tip of Cape Cod, USA. It juts out into the Atlantic Ocean and is home to a vast collection of seabirds.

Wind blows hard at the seashore on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. Ballston Beach in the town of Truro is massive and beautiful with huge sand dunes. Seabirds, seals and fins of great white sharks are there to see.

© Robin Amaral
Pacifica, California is a seaside town on the Pacific Ocean just south of San Francisco.

Great Sippewissett Marsh is tidal salt marsh situated behind two barrier beaches along the intertidal eastern shore of Buzzards Bay in West Falmouth on Cape Cod, USA. The north end of the marsh where this marsh bridge sits, is buffered by Chapoquoit Beach.

A pair of Robin birds splash in a concrete backyard birdbath.

The surrounding forest and cloudscape is reflected on a New Hampshire, USA shallow pond.

New England is home to many apple orchards. Farms offer pick your own fun in early autumn.

Purple wildflowers are growing in a New Hampshire farm field.

These milkweed pods contain the seeds and floss of the milkweed plant along the Coonamessett River on Cape Cod.

Waterfowl flourish in the Coonamessett River watershed on Cape Cod, USA.

Autumn apples float in an orchard pond at a New England, USA farm.

Rivers and streams in New Hampshire reflect the autumn colors of the woodlands surrounding them.

The beauty of a New Hampshire, USA autumn day color is reflecting in a quiet lake.

Autumn floral arrangement with pumpkins is a colorful macro seasonal display.

Ossipee in New Hampshire, USA lights up with color across the landscape in autumn.

Autumn color in New England, USA is a vibrant burst or red, yellow and oranges.

Autumn color in New Hampshire, USA is a vibrant burst or red, yellow and oranges in the landscape.

Autumn color in New England, USA is a vibrant burst or red, yellow and oranges with wild turkeys walking in and out of the landscape.

Bog Hill Art by Robin Amaral. A creative digital adaptation from an original photograph.

An empty whelk seashell rests on a thin film of water against a white background. The whelk is a type of sea snail. The various marine gastropods have spiraled shells measuring from under an inch in length to more than 2 feet.

A whale carcass decomposes on the sand of the Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts, USA.

Under the palm trees in Florida, USA a long ago abandoned vintage truck frame rusts away into the ground.

Native to North America the painted turtle lives in slow moving fresh water and are widespread across the USA. These sunning themselves are on Cape Cod.

Menhaunt Beach seagulls fly in the glow of a cold late afternoon sky on the shoreline of a Falmouth beach on Cape Cod Massachusetts, USA.

Found seaglass on shoreline of Menhaunt Beach, Cape Cod.

Blanket flowers are long lasting, drought tolerant perennials that do well with other heat-loving plants that thrive in full sun. Most of over two dozen species of Gaillardia and are native to various areas of North America.

A close up of a spring lilac bush highlights the cluster of blooming flower buds.

An azalea bush is photographed up close capturing pink flowers and a large bud about to open.

Early spring blossoming crabapple tree is illuminated by sunrays.

A crabapple tree branch in full blossom is illuminated by the end of day light.

Springtime yellow flowering daffodils against a deep blue sky.

Sempervivum means "live-forever" and is a genus of about 40 species in the Crassulaceae family. Also commonly known as houseleeks, liveforever, and hen and chicks.

Winter 2019 tree and brush controlled burn on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA.

Niagara Falls New York, USA.

Water flowing from the New York side of Niagara Falls.

Along the Niagara River a small waterfall forms a pool flanked by autumn color trees.

Black squirrel along the Niagara River in western New York, USA in early autumn.

Lowering the water table in sections of cranberry bogs can result in a residue film being draped over the plant twigs. Photo taken on Cape Cod, USA cranberry bogs.

Pumpkin harvesting on a New England, USA farm.

Halloween pumpkins and purple chrysanthemums beneath ornamental grass on Cape Cod, USA.

Pumpkin harvest on a farm in New England.

Pumpkin and apple farm harvest in New England.

Pumpkins for Halloween and autumn decorating are gathered in New England, USA into a tight pick-your-own batch and photographed close up.

Pick-your-own farm field pumpkin patch harvest in New Hampshire, USA.

Race Point Beach trail Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts, USA.

Park setting in western New York, USA.

Seagulls from Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Truro, Massachusetts foggy day.

Seagull Feathers Wells, Maine.

Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida) branch decaying on a sand pile in the Coonamessett River basin on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Pacifica, California coastal nature preserve. Often shrouded in fog, these trees have a natural red tone to the bark.

Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Under side view looking toward sky of the giant leaves on this tree.

Pareidolia perceived face profile on rock wall along Pacific coastline south of San Francisco, California.

Colorado rock formations.

Red rock formations in Colorado.

A rescue cat being cared for at a nature sanctuary.

Red berries and straw in blowing snow on Cape Cod cranberry bog.

Tampa Bay, Florida shorebirds Calidris canutus - sandpipers. These birds are probing for food in the mudflat. They will migrate over 9000 miles from the Arctic to tip of South America.

Cape Cod, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) also known as Tiger Swallowtail on a butterfly bush. The average wingspan is 3"-6".

Cape Cod, early spring bee gathering nectar on a Weeping Cherry (Prunus spp.).

Anclote Key Preserve State Park, just off the coast of Tarpon Springs, FL.

Cape Cod, Coonamessett River wild grapes along the cranberry bog.

Cape Cod beach, came in with the tide.

Papilio glaucus, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly, is native to Eastern United States. The male is identified by the yellow color and four stripes on each wing. It feeds on the nectar of many species of flowers has paused here on a butterfly bush.

Iris is a genus of 260–300 species of flowering plants that come in a variety of colors. The iris takes its name from the Greek word for rainbow and also the Greek goddess of the rainbow.

A patch of wild buttercup flowers (Ranunculus) bend to the sun in early summer. Flowers in this genus are also known as spearworts and water crowfoots.

Iris is a genus of 260–300 species of flowering plants that come in a variety of colors. The iris takes its name from the Greek word for rainbow and also the Greek goddess of the rainbow.

The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a genus of flowering plants native to the Americas. They have edible seeds and large flower heads atop tall stalks. Sunflowers are fairly drought tolerant and cultivated in sunny locations across the globe.

The old-fashioned bleeding heart plant is an early spring perennial bloomer. (Lamprocapnos spectabilis)

An American flag hanging from a boat in Falmouth Harbor on Cape Cod, USA is reflecting in a ripple pattern on the water.

Cherry tomatoes are an excellent source of: Vitamin A, C, E and potassium. They are thought to be a cross between a wild type tomato and the cultivar garden variety. Scientific name: Solanum lycopersicum.

Standing on a rock in a backyard birdbath, the praying mantis is enjoying the summer sun. Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats.

Seagulls flock together on Ballston Beach in the town of Truro on Cape Cod, USA.

Provincetown, Massachusetts is at the tip of Cape Cod, USA. It juts out into the Atlantic Ocean and is home to a vast collection of seabirds.

Wind blows hard at the seashore on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. Ballston Beach in the town of Truro is massive and beautiful with huge sand dunes. Seabirds, seals and fins of great white sharks are there to see.

© Robin Amaral
Pacifica, California is a seaside town on the Pacific Ocean just south of San Francisco.

Great Sippewissett Marsh is tidal salt marsh situated behind two barrier beaches along the intertidal eastern shore of Buzzards Bay in West Falmouth on Cape Cod, USA. The north end of the marsh where this marsh bridge sits, is buffered by Chapoquoit Beach.

A pair of Robin birds splash in a concrete backyard birdbath.

The surrounding forest and cloudscape is reflected on a New Hampshire, USA shallow pond.

New England is home to many apple orchards. Farms offer pick your own fun in early autumn.

Purple wildflowers are growing in a New Hampshire farm field.

These milkweed pods contain the seeds and floss of the milkweed plant along the Coonamessett River on Cape Cod.

Waterfowl flourish in the Coonamessett River watershed on Cape Cod, USA.

Autumn apples float in an orchard pond at a New England, USA farm.

Rivers and streams in New Hampshire reflect the autumn colors of the woodlands surrounding them.

The beauty of a New Hampshire, USA autumn day color is reflecting in a quiet lake.

Autumn floral arrangement with pumpkins is a colorful macro seasonal display.

Ossipee in New Hampshire, USA lights up with color across the landscape in autumn.

Autumn color in New England, USA is a vibrant burst or red, yellow and oranges.

Autumn color in New Hampshire, USA is a vibrant burst or red, yellow and oranges in the landscape.

Autumn color in New England, USA is a vibrant burst or red, yellow and oranges with wild turkeys walking in and out of the landscape.

Bog Hill Art by Robin Amaral. A creative digital adaptation from an original photograph.

An empty whelk seashell rests on a thin film of water against a white background. The whelk is a type of sea snail. The various marine gastropods have spiraled shells measuring from under an inch in length to more than 2 feet.

A whale carcass decomposes on the sand of the Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts, USA.

Under the palm trees in Florida, USA a long ago abandoned vintage truck frame rusts away into the ground.

Native to North America the painted turtle lives in slow moving fresh water and are widespread across the USA. These sunning themselves are on Cape Cod.

Menhaunt Beach seagulls fly in the glow of a cold late afternoon sky on the shoreline of a Falmouth beach on Cape Cod Massachusetts, USA.

Found seaglass on shoreline of Menhaunt Beach, Cape Cod.

Blanket flowers are long lasting, drought tolerant perennials that do well with other heat-loving plants that thrive in full sun. Most of over two dozen species of Gaillardia and are native to various areas of North America.

A close up of a spring lilac bush highlights the cluster of blooming flower buds.

An azalea bush is photographed up close capturing pink flowers and a large bud about to open.

Early spring blossoming crabapple tree is illuminated by sunrays.

A crabapple tree branch in full blossom is illuminated by the end of day light.

Springtime yellow flowering daffodils against a deep blue sky.

Sempervivum means "live-forever" and is a genus of about 40 species in the Crassulaceae family. Also commonly known as houseleeks, liveforever, and hen and chicks.

Winter 2019 tree and brush controlled burn on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA.

Niagara Falls New York, USA.

Water flowing from the New York side of Niagara Falls.

Along the Niagara River a small waterfall forms a pool flanked by autumn color trees.

Black squirrel along the Niagara River in western New York, USA in early autumn.

Lowering the water table in sections of cranberry bogs can result in a residue film being draped over the plant twigs. Photo taken on Cape Cod, USA cranberry bogs.

Pumpkin harvesting on a New England, USA farm.

Halloween pumpkins and purple chrysanthemums beneath ornamental grass on Cape Cod, USA.

Pumpkin harvest on a farm in New England.

Pumpkin and apple farm harvest in New England.

Pumpkins for Halloween and autumn decorating are gathered in New England, USA into a tight pick-your-own batch and photographed close up.

Pick-your-own farm field pumpkin patch harvest in New Hampshire, USA.

Race Point Beach trail Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts, USA.

Park setting in western New York, USA.

Seagulls from Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Truro, Massachusetts foggy day.

Seagull Feathers Wells, Maine.

Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida) branch decaying on a sand pile in the Coonamessett River basin on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Pacifica, California coastal nature preserve. Often shrouded in fog, these trees have a natural red tone to the bark.

Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Under side view looking toward sky of the giant leaves on this tree.

Pareidolia perceived face profile on rock wall along Pacific coastline south of San Francisco, California.

Colorado rock formations.

Red rock formations in Colorado.

A rescue cat being cared for at a nature sanctuary.

Red berries and straw in blowing snow on Cape Cod cranberry bog.

Tampa Bay, Florida shorebirds Calidris canutus - sandpipers. These birds are probing for food in the mudflat. They will migrate over 9000 miles from the Arctic to tip of South America.

Cape Cod, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) also known as Tiger Swallowtail on a butterfly bush. The average wingspan is 3"-6".

Cape Cod, early spring bee gathering nectar on a Weeping Cherry (Prunus spp.).

Anclote Key Preserve State Park, just off the coast of Tarpon Springs, FL.

Cape Cod, Coonamessett River wild grapes along the cranberry bog.

Cape Cod beach, came in with the tide.