Seasons of the Limberlost

Late Summer at the Marsh - Photos and words by Melissa Fey This Month I thought I would wander through some properties that are not normally visited.   I chose a late Summer afternoon to visit the Miller's Woods just off of N 50 W in Jay County,  This property is recognized for the pond on the south side that parallels the County Line Road.  Visiting the pond from the back side gives it a different perspective. I parked in the small pull out off of N50W.  The trail heads east towards the woods.  Next to the trail the area was covered with tall wildflowers, higher than my waist. It seems right now that almost all the flowers that are blooming are yellow.  This makes it a bit difficult to determine exactly what they are, obviously they are all not sunflowers. I did find a beautiful Viceroy butterfly enjoying the Queen Anne's Lace.  They can be distinguished from the familiar Monarch by he horizontal stripe on their rear wing ( I will show an example comparing the two later). The