Something spectacular is found at every bend in the road. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net.

A row of 20-year-old “Spirit” crape myrtles in bloom on Josie Thorpe’s driveway, Hallieford; photo by Kate Lambert. A family of hens and chicks at the home of Judy Jay and Fred Lynn, Cobbs Creek.

Gerbera Daisy, sunflower and hydrangea sent by Caroline Bunting, Wicomico.

Mary Pope of Mathews sent a butterfly enjoying its day. Steve Angell of Gloucester found a photogenic bunny. Mother and children on Blackwater Creek; chicks flew July 20, from Ted and Molly Broderson.

Native cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata), from Cheryl Battle of Bavon. Leia Jane Hill in Hayes stands beside a volunteer sunflower from a nearby bird feeder. Giant sunflower from Holly Strickland, a subscriber in Salisbury, North Carolina.

Some of the butterflies in Donna Frantz’s garden in Susan: buckeye, monarch and spicebush swallowtail.

Dolphins on the Piankatank near Stove Poi...