August is winding down, but Mother Nature continues to provide beautiful sights. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net.

A brown swallowtail enjoys the zinnias in the backyard of Edna Bauer of Gloucester.

James Eaton of Hallieford has a butterfly garden which entertains visitors of several species.

Double hibiscus blooms in int yard of Judy and Milton Hudgins at Hayes.

Andy Walker photographed a swarm on longnose gar off his dock in Harpers Creek.

A rainbow arched over the York River last Tuesday night; photo by Belinda Davis of Bena.

Lantana grown by Ruth Smallwood.

Rebecca Slater, while kayaking on Sunday, captured this photo of two egrets in flight on Cedar Bush Creek in Gloucester.

Dahlia and tiger lily grown by Michael Joyce of Shadow.

This Sugar Shack button bush has grown from a little ball Vaneesa Davis of Mobjack picked from a bush at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., while on a family trip. She bro...