- Dustin Demmer pointed out this monarch butterfly roost to Al Batt, of Hartland, who in turn shared the great view with us.
- One of the many nature and wildlife pictures that Bernie Stang takes near Paynesville was this duck family photo.
- Sunflower with bee who has become a summer friend while working on flowers and strawberries daily, in Catherine Craddock’s Mankato garden.
- Ducks and deer in full pumpkin mode after a treat last year. Sent by Kristie Flachmeyer, of Litchfield.
- A cicada found molting, in Rosie Hartwig-Benson’s Litchfield backyard, Meeker County.
- An old round barn near Sartell, found by DeVonne Koppenberg.
- Les Luethmers is heading from Albany, Minn., to Arizona for the winter. Maybe his dog Shelby will cheer up when the ride is over.
- Terri Sanoski, of Cushing, spent some time at the track. She enjoyed watching the beautiful race horses workout at Churchill Downs, in Louisville, Ky.
- The sun popped out from behind some clouds, on the last day of August, it got brighter for a few minutes and caught the curiosity of Tony Generous in St. Joseph.
- Red-bellied woodpecker, captured on camera, peering back at Tony Wenzel, of Randall.
- A monster moth that spanned six inches across, landed in Ruthann Boersma’s Kerkhoven garden. The moth stayed in one place for six hours before leaving to terrorize someone else.
- Cheery lilies like these filled Donna Erickson’s Evansville garden this year.
- Jen Bergerson shared a picture of her, 6’ 7” son Jessie, when he kneeled to get a hug from grandma Shirley Schliep, who is a little under 5 feet tall, during a family get together at Jen’s house in Morris.
- Marie Silbernagel at Big Birch Lake, north of Melrose, found a female eastern tiger swallowtail sipping nector.
- Theresa Grangruth, of Menahga, really enjoys watching and feeding hummingbirds and other northern birds each season, including the winter months.
- Kevin Lofgren thought Dayton looked like a ghost kitty, as he perched in a window to enjoy the summer view of Wadena.