Overton Refuge Mosaic

Overton Refuge Mosaic, originally uploaded by *Lovelight*.

These are all pictures from our adventure in the Overton Bottoms. I promise, this is the last entry I'll post on the subject ;) On the top right is a spiny softshell turtle juvenile which swam right up to me on the shore of an ox bow lake. He must have been fleeing some of the huge fish we saw, catfish and scary looking gars. On the top left, Rowan is saying hi to the little guy, who was only about 2 inches across. Middle right is some pretty fungus I found growing on a tree on the shores of the MIssouri. Middle left is a beautiful chrysalis that was hiding in the grass, one of my favorite photo subjects. Bottom right is a cloud of sulfur winged butterflies that were all congregating on some gravel next to the railroad tracks where we were trapped. Finally, bottom left is a pretty comma wing butterfly. I was amazed by the amount of diversity we saw, it is a beautful place :)