A Mountain Rhododendron during the early summertime in the forest. This area was in the shade and the wind was blowing ever so slightly and I did not want to use too high of ISO. So in order to get a nice clean shot we spent a little while here looking at the flowers and watching the bees taking pictures as the wind would stop.

This is at the amazing Crabtree Falls, NC. We made it to these wonderful waterfalls later in the evening after a full day of hiking. It is a little bit of a hike down a beautiful Blue Ridge Mountain trail. Fortunately it was just my boys and I for around an hour getting various perspectives of the waterfalls, so it was very peaceful. I literally stood in the water to get this perspective. I wanted it to seem as if the water would flow from the bottom of the picture.

I had never heard of a robber fly and I mistakenly called this a dragon fly. But never the less this is one of the most vicious looking insects I have ever seen. Especially when magnified at a macro level. Wondering what that is beneath it? It is a moth it has captured and eating. This insect stayed perfectly still as long as I was taking pictures of it. Then when I moved away it fly off. Not sure if it was just being bold or trying to go undetected.

Saw this ugly dragon fly today just as I began to take some pictures near a pond. It landed right in front of me with a big moth in its clutches. It is amazing to see something so intricate at this level of magnification. How could anyone deny our creator and His glory and believe nature simply just happens.

Looking through the trees in the forest the yellow fall colors are a wonderful display of natures beauty.