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The Butterfly and the Bee

The Butterfly and the Bee

For my birthday, I spent most of the morning in the gardens. I was feeding, watering, weeding, and I saw so many butterflies that I had to grab my camera.
Here is a link to my Flickr page, where I have the rest of the set posted.

Natural Scrimshaw

Natural Scrimshaw

I was wandering around down near a watercourse in Medford, NJ over my lunch break and taking some photos. One of the downed limbs had a lot of moss and lichen clinging to it so I went over to take a closer look. In addition to the growth, the branch had a lot of very cool insect chewlines. (I may have just made up the word ‘chewlines’. ) The finely etched lines reminded me of scrimshaw I have seen in museums from coastal New England.

Weak Storm

Weak Storm

Another round of snow was upon us Friday. At first, it was predicted that we’d have a foot of snow. Instead, we got a lot of flurries blowing around and turning to water as soon as they landed. My friend called it a Flurricane. Anyway, it sucked and just made things [...]

Bird Pairs

Bird Pairs

Here is a pair of finches and a pair of tufted titmice. The feeders were bustling with activity during the blizzard, and I was happy to capture this guy’s wing in full detail.

Keep Hangin’ On

Keep Hangin’ On

Revisiting the dying sunflower of the community garden down the street.  The Garden is a wasteland now.  I keep waiting for signs about signing up for the new season but nothing has been posted yet.

{27:365} Fire & Water

{27:365} Fire & Water

This”raging” stream caught my eye as I as enjoying a libation at the hotel bar with some colleagues. This is the scene from the Woodlands Inn located in Wilkes Barre, PA. The deck had poles of fire and overlooked this stream that was strategically lit up in various places.  I used the deck as my [...]

Cloud Slivers

Cloud Slivers

We were up early this morning to see Bob off as he headed back north to Vermont.  I happened to catch a glimpse of these funny little cloud slivers when I was letting the dogs out, so naturally I grabbed the closest camera and snapped.

Yellow Bellied Sapsucker

Yellow Bellied Sapsucker

Woodpeckers are my favorite types of birds to watch. When we started seeing them at our feeders I was very excited. There are a few regulars that we get (Downy, Hairy, Red bellied, Northern Flicker…). This picture is of a Yellow bellied sapsucker, which is pretty much a woodpecker – same family. [...]