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As I began to write these notes, this morning’s post by Robin at Dharma Bums immediately came to mind - and these lines in particular:
There are more stories than we can tell, so most of the time we don’t tell any of them at all, not about the goldfinches that gather in […]
On my Thursday afternoon insect walk around the farm, I came upon quite a few interesting sights. What all had in common was that something unusual was revealed, either through my photographs, or by spending a bit of time on observation. I’ll write about each of these sightings in this and the next […]
As some of you will remember, back on July 9th, I wrote:
Yesterday, I collected the caterpillar below — what is, in all probability, a Virginian Tiger moth (Spilosoma virginica), often referred to as a Yellow Bear caterpillar. It was found on the tall Sweet Clover plant (Melilotus alba), which is often seen growing along […]
Cerastipsocus venosus ~ Bark lice
This last few weeks, I’ve been fairly busy photographing insects and trying to deal with all of the camera downloading, image sorting, backing up of drives, etc… that is associated with digital images. I see so many things that I’d like to share, but am never quite sure just […]
We’ve been having beautiful summer sunsets here this week. I took this photo out in the oldfield meadow - it’s actually, a composite patched together from three photos (click on image for a larger view). I always think about how it’s the really good stuff that is for free in this world. […]