On a summer morning, we hiked from Roche Lake to the far end of Black Lake and back.    This was a quiet and pleasant hike.    Along the way, we stopped to observe any flowering plants.    At the lakeside, we enjoyed dragonflies, water insects, ducks, loons, and shoreline birds.

A few images from our hike are shared here.

Included are strawberries (Fragaria virginiana), yellow-fronted bumblebee on thistles (Bombus flavifrons), fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium), Canada mint (Mentha canadensis), sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus), aspen fleabane (Erigeron speciosus), and a great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele).

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strawberries

fireweed

yellow-fronted bumblebee

yellow-fronted bumblebee

sow thistle

Canada mint

great spangled fritillary

sow thistle

aspen fleabane

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