From our sister site Flora Pittsburghensis we borrow this picture of a very happy bumblebee bathing itself in the pollen of a Cut-Leaf Teasel (Dipsacus laciniatus) in Cranberry Township.

A Silvery Checkerspot butterfly (Chlosyne nycteis) rests on a leaf of Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis) in Beechview.

Moss grows luxuriantly on a fallen tree trunk on a hill above the Squaw Run in Fox Chapel.

Destructive storms swept through Pittsburgh all day, causing millions of dollars’ worth of damage in floods. But after the storms came a reminder that, after all, things could have been worse.

A tiny green caterpillar climbs a mushroom in Frick Park.

Our most common toad, the American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus), sitting on a rock ledge in Frick Park.

So the astrologers and newspapers call it: a full moon at perigee, so that it looks especially large and bright. These images were taken with a pocket digital camera, which is incapable of dealing with unusual light conditions. But it was what old Pa Pitt had to work with.