Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning

Josh and I drove to Charleston from Chapel Hill while Ellen drove up from Tampa. We were going to spend some time with our neighbors as well as set up the Bridge photo exhibit at the Karpeles Museum. Here is the front of our home on Ashley Ave.

Then for a quick bridge fix. Driving toward the Ravenel Bridge

Across the main span

and over to the Motley Rice building - where we saw a freighter passing under the Ravenel Bridge

The clouds created interesting lighting effects on the bridge stay cables

This was taken from Mosquito-land.

Another close view

Josh found a bush with red sort-of-flowers. Lots of butterflies

You see that sort-of-tongue sticking out. I learned from a Google search that this is called a proposcis.

A closer view

Here, with wings unfolded,

Another Monarch butterfly

and another

Here, perched on the top is another, with her proboscis extended

and suddenly a brown butterfly was sitting upside down. Nice shadows

Here with her proboscis retracted

Closer

and here with it extended

A closer view

and from the top - a brown butterfly harvesting via his/her proboscis

C. Frank Starmer

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