Flowers, butterflies, mushrooms, a little girl and a crab are all elements of wonder from our natural world. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net.

Patricia Olsen found a butterfly enjoying her butterfly bush in the Glebe, Mathews.
Jeri Trudeau has been tending monarch butterflies, which have emerged from their chrysalises. They hang three or more hours for their wings to dry before they can fly, she said.
Butterfly weed sent by Cheryl Battle of Bavon.

Terry Brown sends her favorite flower, hurricane lily aka spider lily.
Azaleas blooming in late September, submitted by Carla Hill on Gwynn’s Island.
A Cooper’s hawk on Todd Vest’s deck.

Betty Burton sends a photo of her massive chrysanthemum.
Carolyn Turpin sends a photo of her thriving pink mandevilla.
Seasonal flowers in Ginger Rowe’s garden in Gloucester.

Lewis Hubbard of Cardinal sends Camella sasanqua “Crimson N Clover.”
Roses from Debbie Morgan of Mathews.
East River sunset from Tom Chillemi.

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