I was some distance from this butterfly when I saw it land on a dandelion flower on the side of the walking trail on top of the dikes first built by the Acadians to reclaim land for farming from the sea. I edged my way closer and it seemed so intent on nectaring that I was able to get pretty close. to him. A sunny morning, a cool breeze off the Minas Basin at low tide, 16 %C.

I watched this butterfly flitting back and forth over the dikes in Wolfville, saw it settle on a dandelion flower, but before I could get a second pix it was off and away. Sunny morning with a cool breeze in off the Minas Basin at low tide, 16 % C.

This little butterfly in our garden would not let me near without flying away and settling in another patch of grass/weeds in our lawn, or, as in picture 2, one time on one of the cinderblocks in the walkway; like other butterflies I have 'chased' it flew a circle close to my legs , and was off again. Earlier in the day it was a cool 16%, but at 2PM the sun came out and temp went up to 19% C.

There were several yellows flitting about over the unmowed hayfield and the adjoining mowed lawn. When two would meet in flight they would circle each other, wings touching I think, before flying off on their separate flight paths. Mostly cloudy after a rainy night, a breeze off the Bay, 15 % C

This wintercress, or yellow rocket (Barbarea vulgaris) as we know it. was growing next to a rugosa rose on a steep bank above the saltmarsh: during a Spring tide salt water would be covering the ground above its roots. It was the only such plant in bloom in the area. A sunny warm day, with a warm breeze off the Bay, 21 % C.

The butterfly was feeding on buttercup flower. It was a mostly sunny morning, 20 % C., without wind. The dandelions in the hay field are now mostly gone to seed, but the buttercup on the edge of the field, bordering the saltmarsh, was just beginning to bloom.

The moth was on my window and I was able to get a better shot of its underside through the window, but the bright sun outside made for a tough shot of its upper side. (Later in the day my wife held a magazine to shield the sun, and I got a better shot of its upper side, and added the photo next day.)

There are many of these spiders moving about in last years Spartina patens (cord grass); with practically every step a spider or two would come out from under the top-most blades of grass, run ahead, and disappear down into the deep layers of cord grass. Most were almost black, others a medium brown.

The butterfly wouldn't allow my getting close, and the 2 pix I managed to get before it flew too far away to follow it had its wings folded, while it rested in the grass next to a field waiting to be cultivated.

The butterfly was resting on the leaves of Campanula, next to the dirt road to the beach, in our garden. It moved about the area as I was shooting, but kept returning to the same general area. It was a warm sunny day, around 15 Celsius, and hardly a breeze of wind in the Bay