Tag: nature
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July 18, 2009 03:12 PM EDT --
I love looking closely at things, especially in the forest. where upon closer inspection things that are not so pretty can become beautiful At least I think so.
Look closer at these conifer . . .
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July 16, 2009 03:39 PM EDT --
One of the things I have always liked about the natural world is the fact that it isn't perfect. Kinda like me. Only when referring to myself I prefer the word unusual.
There is so much diversity in . . .
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October 14, 2009 02:23 PM EDT --
It started raining here yesterday. I know some of you have gotten more than your share but we needed it.
Hearing of the mudslides in California brings to mind the fact that we just had one near . . .
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August 30, 2009 04:39 PM EDT --
I have been seeing more bees this year. I am hopeful. I love a bit of honey in my morning coffee. So I've been concerned about the stories of the disappearing bees. Yesterday as I walked around . . .
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September 08, 2009 01:27 PM EDT --
We finally started to walk at the ponds again. After losing most of his fishing buddies William wasn't too big on going there.
It was a nice change to our recent routine. Also a great chance to photograph . . .
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July 18, 2009 02:16 PM EDT --
All afternoon I watched the dark clouds gather in the south. I knew by dark we were in for rain, at least there was no thunder.
But the clouds were coming in quickly and soon our bright . . .
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September 10, 2009 05:10 PM EDT --
A few more shots taken August, 29th, 2009.
I am amazed that it only takes a small piece of land left to nature , to please so many people.
Just being here is so soothing to . . .
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July 16, 2009 05:42 PM EDT --
I love the outdoors., yeah I know a few of you are real surprise by that. Yeah right .
Mushrooms are no exceptions. I think they are neat and not just the ones you eat either.
I use to hunt the edible . . .
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October 09, 2009 11:58 AM EDT --
Just a few shots taken in my backyard.
The leaves on the Mountain ash are just starting to change.
On the south side several bunches of it's berries have cobwebs all over them.
The . . .
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October 16, 2009 12:39 PM EDT --
I think a spiders web is so beautiful with rain, dew, or frost on it. The following photos were taken from my backyard on October 13th , 2009.
They are of Beatrice's web. You may remember . . .
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August 31, 2009 05:38 PM EDT --
This being the last days of summer I am out and about photographing wild berries, fungus, and seed heads among other things I find interesting.
The following photos were taken with my Olympus . . .
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May 01, 2008 06:46 PM EDT --
When I told my five-year-old son Roshane about the nature train contest here at Gather, he became very excited. Yesterday after school, we went hunting for materials together, and it turned out that . . .
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July 25, 2008 10:19 PM EDT --
These are photos of the Hudson River by Bear Mountain in New York.
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September 21, 2009 03:31 PM EDT --
I spied her pulling a small package up by her silken thread. It was bundled securely in her silk, she reminded me of a fishermen reeling in that big catch.
I had noticed her web before, . . .
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March 15, 2007 02:45 AM EDT --
On Sunday it hit 60, and we decided to finally venture out to the zoo and the park near it. We walked along the creek that lines the park and I snapped various photos. One was this fallen tree that . . .
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October 18, 2009 07:31 PM EDT --
The weeping birch is really yellow now. I figured I'd better take a few shots before the wind comes up and blows every leaf off the tree.
Almost totally yellow now this tree will soon have bare . . .
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April 30, 2009 12:33 PM EDT --
Last tuesday evening (4-21-09) hubby decided we should go mushroom hunting. So we got ready and headed to a nearby lake/park. Maddie was so excited to go and grabbed her little plastic . . .
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February 27, 2009 11:52 AM EST --
We had a warm front come thru Wednesday and so in the afternoon it reached somewhere in the low 60's. I was so happy that I was able to get Maddie outside in the yard to play for awhile. . . .
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August 07, 2009 01:10 PM EDT --
In my back yard for the last four days there has been a war of sorts between at least three humming birds if not four. As they dart back and forth at amazing speeds it's a little hard to tell for sure. . . .
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September 15, 2009 04:04 PM EDT --
Here's some bird photos I came across that I haven't post yet.
August 20th, 2009 I had two kind of doves visit my yard.
A Morning Dove.
A Ringed Turtle Dove.
Steller's Jays stop . . .
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