I was at the Italian Fest in Cuyahoga Falls and caught this Sunset over The Natatorium a swimming and gym facility. I loved the soft golden glow the Sun gave to the sky. Truly a golden end to the evening.
You can see a lot of great skies by visiting the above link.
This is a female Common Whitetail on the walkway.
Red Spotted Purple Admiral Butterfly that was in the bog. They are so dark I thought it was black.
Here is a damselfly but I don't know the name.
This was the only truly black animal I saw. Yes, the famous Kent Black Squirrel has invaded the Kent Bog.
There were no Black Bear sightings. I saw and heard the black Crow and that is as close as I came to things which were black.
Here is my original photo before the crop. They are not sharp spikes and are gone by now when they turn brown.
I will choose someone today as the winner from those of you that said buckeye.
I do hope this helps. There is no tight crop on this one. Hint - Try to remember where I'm from.
I hope you have better luck now .
We made some new friends in line. Don was a retired Chemistry Professor and Fran is a counselor at Tri-C Community College. My wife and her had many things in common.
Ohio's Governor Strickland was at the event along with a lot of other dignitaries.
President Obama arrived amongst much fanfare.
I asked him to pose for me when he got to the podium and he did (just kidding) but it does look like I asked. The Presidential seal is put on the podium shortly before he arrived. He spoke on health reform. You can see the Secrete Service in the area.
He took of his jacket to take the questions. Someone thought it was a good idea to turn off the air conditioner while he spoke. They were wrong, there were 2,000 people sweating in the gym. He chose Norma, who ran a health home service company, for the first question.
She was sitting in the row in front of us. She asked a tough question on how this reform would affect her company. We had very close seats on the bleachers near the stage.
This is the look the President had as she asked her hard question. I thought the look said "How did I pick her first?"
It was an interesting day and a great time. Regardless of your political feelings, President Obama is a charismatic speaker. This was a once in a lifetime happening for us and I'm glad I got to attend the event. My wife is the greatest.
It has a USA theme with the red, white and blue.
Have a great day with the neat flowers you see.
This is a neat Silver Spotted Skipper Butterfly which posed for me.
Here are two damselflies starting to get to know each other. 
I think this is an Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly.
Why this is a Katydid, I'm not sure what Katy did to get the name. It is in the Tettgonidae family not a grasshopper. It did crawl onto my hand. That tail looks dangerous with the red end.
I do hope you enjoyed my travels through the insect world.
You can really make out the clouds in the ceiling.
This is from the Tennessee mountains as we got close to George and Betsy's, don't they live in beautiful country.
Go visit above for some great skies.
The next two are called - "Birds on the Hook I & II". A Cow Bird and a perky Cardinal.
This Black Capped Chickadee really took it literally and is on the end of the hook.
How about we check out - "Bird on the Net". I hope the Mourning Dove connection is as good as mine on the net.
The final one is - "Birds That Are Really Light" or "Try To Keep it in Balance". I like the boss Pigeon in the middle trying to keep it under control.
I hope you enjoyed my bird shots, and not from a gun.
#2 Is a canoe witch was near the lake at the winery I visited. I thought the scratches in the fiberglass would give it away. There were a lot of plastic guesses. The close-up made it too hard to guess.
This is a photo of the Cattails behind the boat, they are referred to as Bulrushes in England, Canada and South Africa. Joan was the first one to identify this common plant. Moses was hidden in the Bulrushes in a ark made from them for the Pharaoh's daughter to find in Egypt.
I thought these were easy and #2 turned out pretty hard. You must always remember I'm the Fishing Guy.
#2 Look carefully before answering.
#3 You see this quite often around here.
Okay, there they are. Have fun.
The sun rose as I trolled across the lake and I liked this double reflection on the water.
I did manage a nice Large-mouth Bass that gave me a few jumps.
This neat White Crappie also hit my Hot-N-Tot.
It was a fun day and it is always fun to bring some fish to the boat. I also caught a few perch and a bluegill while dragging a worm. 
The Pink Calla Lilies have a solid green leaf.
The White Calla Lilies have a green leaf with white spots. You can see a few pink ones close by.
See some other great sites to see some great flowers.
This is a Sable Antelope, what a majestic animal. The tail is up, back up quick.
This is a really fun shot of the Persian Onager. There are only 700 animals remaining in the wild.
You bet I took a lot of Reticulated Giraffe photos. They have the same number of bones in their neck as we do. But theirs are a lot bigger then ours.
This are the Prezwalaski's Wild Horses. They came right beside the bus. The little foal was a cutie.
You can see more from The Wilds below.
