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A Few Days Ago, Sunrise
Nearly a week ago. The first morning of winter, as the sun was coming up painting a glow of warm coloring across the landscape. Captured by Yucca Filmentosa (Yucca filamentosa). Welcome winter. I love having you here. _______________________ If you would like to receive my daily blog posts by email, sign up here!
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Not A Red Fox But A Gray Fox
Two Gray Foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) that have stopped by to get some of the sunflower seeds I put out. The seeds are usually for the birds but I love to see the foxes too, so it’s okay. Slightly smaller than the Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes). The Gray Fox measures about 31 to 44 inches in…
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An Eastern White Pine Cone
The cone of an Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus), which usually grows to between 6 and 8 inches. The seeds from the cone are eaten by nuthatches, chickadees, grosbeaks, blue jays, juncos, woodpeckers, brown thrashers as well as black bears, rabbits, and squirrels. The needles of the Eastern White Pine grow in bundles (fascicles) of…
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Best Wishes Coming Your Way
Wishing you and yours a very merry day! _______________________ If you would like to receive my daily blog posts by email, sign up here!
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Happy Christmas Merry New Year
My road coming up the mountain, in marvelous shape. This during the winter of 2009 – 2010. My very favorite winter. Why? Because 72 inches of snow fell on my cabin during that winter. Pure bliss! _______________________ If you would like to receive my daily blog posts by email, sign up here!
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A Distinctive Bark
A distinctive bark. One that easily gets my attention. Of trees that love to follow streams, lining the woods with white trunks meandering as the stream does, here and there. This is the bark of American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis). A gorgeous bark that sometimes gives the appearance of being pure white. Like a tree trunk…
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And Now, Winter Officially Begins!
Snowflakes caught in the needles of a Blue Spruce (Picea pungens). Today astronomical winter begins which pleases me greatly. Bring on the winter weather. I’m totally ready for it. Two mornings in a row now there has been a slight dusting of snow. Perhaps a glimpse of things to come? _______________________ If you would like…
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Snowbird
Fluffed up against the cold, this is a Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis). A little bird with the nickname of Snowbird. It spends its winters here in the southern United States. They eat grains and seeds, including the seeds of spent flowers that filled your gardens during the summer, that is if you’ve left the seedheads for…
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Gardening With Nature In Mind
Here’s a Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) enjoying my gardens which have not been cleaned up. All the seedheads are still out there, making those seeds available to birds that are searching for a meal. Another thing that doesn’t happen in my yard – I never rake leaves. Butterflies, moths, lightning bugs, bees, salamanders, frogs, and even…