PHOTO GALLERY: Summer views with wind and flowers
August 9, 2012 | 7:31 p.m. CDT
Scenes of summer could be found throughout Columbia on Thursday, whether it was the wind shipping flags in the air or a gentle visit by a butterfly to a grass leaf.
Storm clouds gather over the city on Thursday at the Columbia Post Office.
| Robert Swain
A butterfly rests on a leaf of umbrella grass on Thursday in the flower bed outside MU's Memorial Union on Hitt Street. Blooms in the garden attract various insects and hummingbirds.
| Yi Gan
The leaf of a canna plant in Memorial Union's flower garden glimmers in the sun on Thursday. According to Mizzou Botanic Garden, there are about 24 kinds of plants in the gardens during the summer.
| Yi Gan