Flowers, Bees, Butterflies and Birds

Happy floral Friday everyone! Today's photos were taken at the U.S. National Arboretum by my husband and I (first two by me, second two by Ben). I hope you enjoy them and I'd love to hear from you. I finally figured out how to adjust the settings so anyone can comment so hopefully it will be easier to comment now.

The bird in the photo above was just looking around but I love how it looks like she's staring right into the camera. We were walking through a meadow and she was perched on these dried flowers.

This bee was hanging out on some sedum flowers.

Ben took this fantastic photo of two yellow butterflies enjoying yellow flowers (one was still on a flower and one was flying towards another flower). I thought his was the best photo of the day.

Ben also took this lovely flower photo in the National Herb Garden section of the U.S. National Arboretum.

Hope you have a wonderful Friday and weekend! May God bless you!

National Arboretum Flowers & Insects for Floral Friday

Red zinnia: Photo by Phyllis Wheeler

A walk through the National Arboretum always leads to pleasant surprises and summer is full of them. They have a whole bunch of zinnias in the National Herb Garden. We have red zinnias in our own garden but none as big as the one pictured above.

Yellow flower cluster: Photo by Phyllis Wheeler

These yellow flowers were also in the National Herb Garden section of the U.S. National Arboretum (USNA).

Tiny jasmine flowers: Photo by Phyllis Wheeler

 This fancy jasmine smelled nice to me and I don't usually like the scent of jasmine.

Butterfly feeding: Photo by Ben Wheeler

 My husband caught this beautiful butterfly feeding from an orange zinnia flower.

Moth in purple: Photo by Ben Wheeler

He also got this striking shot of a moth on what I think is a bachelor button flower (if you know for sure the name of the flower please share).

Hope you enjoyed this Floral Friday's featured photos. May God bless you!