Flowers and bugs have never held such a fascination for me in the past as they do now. This daisy in the meadow below the Inn on Biltmore Estate had a critter stopping for some nourishment. Below is one of these amazing cicadas.

On a fairly warm afternoon Abner and I stopped on our walk at a grassy spot on the side of the French Broad River for a rest. Abner and I both watched some Canada geese out in the middle of the river on small rock outcroppings dealing with the heat of the day.