Nov 122014
On this last day before the weather is expected to turn sharply colder, I was surprised to encounter another Buckeye Butterfly (Junonia coenia) along Piney Woods Church Road today. I assumed it was the same one I had seen just a couple of days earlier, but close comparison of the photographs revealed that this one has slightly different, and much brighter, markings.
Less surprising, perhaps, was another dandelion in full bloom along my way, after an absence of several months. Such familiar beings as butterflies and dandelions offer me a reassurance of springtime as winter approaches.
