Glorious skies, butterflies, and more late summer scenes from our readers. Please send your photos to editor@gazettejournal.net.

Swallowtail butterfly on Lantana, sent by Cheryl Battle, Bavon.
Butterfly bush photo sent by David Rowe.
Beautiful transformation of the Monarch butterfly on lantana. Submitted by Pat Rawls of Foster.

Swinging in Dixie, sent by Pearl Sadler.
Spider on zinnia in Ginger Rowe’s garden, Gloucester.
Double rose of Sharon sent by Shirley Faison, Cobbs Creek.

Goldfinches, sent by David Pattishall Jr. of Carter’s Cove subdivision, Gloucester.
Photo of Monarch caterpillar in Gloucester by Jeri Trudeau.
April Nuttall of Ware Neck took a great photo of a spider.

Dwarf butterfly bush from Reed Lawson of Mathews.
Julie Shields of Hayes said the ginger in their yard “has a lovely aroma, a bit like honeysuckle.”

Steve and Janice Nuckolls of Bavon sent a photo of sunrise.
Mike Ott photorgraphed a beautiful sunrise on Friday.
Linda Tjossem of Hayes caught a gorge...