In early September, countless thousands of Wingstem flowers (Actinomeris alternifolia) line the Salamander Trail in Fox Chapel. Wingstem can grow up to ten feet high when it’s happy. This picture is how old Pa Pitt always wants to remember late summer.
Late-summer flowers line the banks of the Squaw Run as it meanders through Salamander Park in Fox Chapel.
A large spider waits for customers on a Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) in a park in Fox Chapel. Perhaps an arachnophile correspondent can identify the spider.
A pigeon perches on a Bessemer converter preserved at Station Square.
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.
A Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) visits a Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii) in Beechview.
A Canada goose (Branta canadensis) floats serenely in a lake in North Park.
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.
