Tiger Swallowtail on our butterfly bush. I'm still working on my presentation for closeup photography.

Photo details: Sony a77ii, 100 mm f/2.8 lens, iso 400, 1/90 at f/6.7, processed in Lightroom.

Probably for the last 25 years, in the yards of our several homes, we have had a butterfly bush. The blossoms are so aromatic that they seem to attract butterflies from the entire neighborhood and any that might be migrating through the area. I took this photo just last week, and then noticed that this butterfly has the appearance of some age (much like the photographer). The cool evenings this week have also been a reminder that this is late summer. I've enjoyed every day. And there are quite a few left, but there is no mistaking the summer is waning. I've tried to identify this butterfly, as it was unfamiliar to me. It is a Gulf Fritillary, and Tennessee is the limit of its northern range. Similar in size to a monarch. Photo details are the following: Sony a7rii, 90mm f/2.8 macro lens, iso 2500, f/13 at 1/500 second. Processed in Lightroom.

Take a step back in time. When a mechanic worked at the gas station. When someone came out when you ran over an airhose and a bell rang inside the building. And he asked you how much gas you wanted and checked the air in your tires and washed the car's windshield. And you owned a Corvette,... Oops, I don't remember that! This scene is one of many inside the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Judy and Maddy were on the trail to the former location of the Boundary Oak at Sinking Spring Farm, the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. The Boundary Oak was 28 years old before Lincoln was born in 1809 and lived to be about 200 years old. The historic tree died about 40 years ago and was cut down about 20 years ago. Maybe we could find the stump of that great tree. This is the trail, and I took their picture as they began their journey. But the trail was a loop and ended where it began. And any remains of the tree was likely to Judy and Maddy's right where they posed for the photo. It was fun anyway.

The big rivers of our nation require bridges. The interstate 65 bridge crossing the Ohio at Louisville has been an ambitious project that I crossed many times in the past 4 years and now it is nearing completion. But the fun bridge is the former railway bridge that has been converted for pedestrian use. Including the north and south ramps, it is a mile long. Fun place to walk, skate, or ride your bike and see the new bridge nearing completion.

Don't make a mistake and park in the wrong spot. My red Ford Taurus didn't quite blend in with the dozen or so Corvettes that were parked outside the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. I worked for a Chevrolet dealer in Grandview, Missouri the summer before my senior year in high school and got to drive a number of Corvettes. I never got to own one. But I know I can drive one. Maybe there will be Corvettes in heaven.

I have volunteered to do a presentation for my photography group on macro photography. I have a ton of examples but I noticed the magnolia tree in our yard this morning. And as I approached to make an image, this bee was also interested. So we both got what we wanted.

Visitors to the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory can pose with bats used by famous players. Maddy chose the one used by Chicago Cubs star Ron Santo because her dad is a Cubs fan. She has a new stance that looks a bit unorthodox with her lead foot further from the plate but is helping her to hit with power.