The first is from one of the lilies that I have growing in my garden, the second is the profusion of Shasta daisies that one of my plants produced this year and the third I took of a praying mantis that had climbed up onto a geranium that I had in my garden. It really is upside down! It just looked at me and posed for its picture.

Amy Hillegass lives in Waterloo.

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