It wasn't only grand geology that I focused on at Palo Duro Canyon on May 14th. How about the pristine white of a sprig of larkspur flowers, Delphinium carolinianum, against a clear blue sky? At one point a dark swallowtail butterfly, seemingly Papilio polyxenes, fluttered away on the flowers.

Sort of black and white was a moth I noticed on an Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella).
Only after looking at the picture back home days later did I notice the small bee.

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More than three years ago I was already linking to articles describing the ways in which the current American administration is paying to fly illegal immigrants around the country—and trying to keep it secret. You may have noticed in that sentence that I wrote "is paying" rather than "was paying." That's because the lawlessness has continued unabated, as have the efforts to hide what's going on. You can learn the specifics in a March 9th article by David Seminara in The Telegraph. A June 3rd article by Benedict Smith in the same newspaper gives even more information.

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