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7-5-13: With all the rain we have had lately, fungus is having a field day! Actually the fungus below has been growing on this tree for quite a while. Shelf Life

7-4-13: Desperate days call for desperate photos. Here's my contribution for today. Yes, an icky, nasty wasp. I took this while I was out with the dog this afternoon. It was just a little too hot and humid to do much of anything else. Wasp ​Yes, I know, such an original title. :)

7-3-13: We have a young buck wandering the neighborhood looking for a harem of does to collect. This morning, I saw him munching on a neighbor's rhododendron. Late this afternoon, I saw him chowing down on another neighbor's plantings. I was driving home from the grocery store and saw him...

7-2-13: After all the rain we have been having, I took a look at the creek right nearby that floods often, no matter how much the town tries to widen the creek bed. Here are a couple of images after yesterday's 2+ inches of rain in the afternoon and early evening. After the Rain Creekside

7-1-13: I am going to flip my barn on its roof and turn it into an ark!!! This is what the weather was doing just a few minutes ago. I opened the front door, and snapped a few. Here is one of those images. I Need an Ark

7-1-13: The rain continues. :( Between downpours I was able to snap the following: I have been following the growth of this mushroom over the past three days. When I was out with the dog this afternoon, I noticed it had been eaten by something. What? I am not sure. :) Wormhole? This...

6-30-13: Part 2 Just when I was about ready to post the two photos in that are in Part 1, spousal unit told me a family of geese were walking toward our next door neighbor's pond. I grabbed my camera and went after them. By the time I got to the pond, they seemed to have disappeared. Then I...

6-30-13: Part 1 Went for a walk with the dog this afternoon and came back with just a couple of usable photos. I wasn't too thrilled with them but here they are. Buzzy Bee This robin got one big, fat, juicy worm. Yum!

This is what happens when the bill of my hat got in the way of the flash. :) It's supposed to be a slug on a dead log covered in moss and slimy mold. The slug is in the center, if you're wondering. Almost a Slug

6-29-13: The rain and thunderstorms took a break this morning and I took advantage of it. One result of all the rain we have been having is the blossoming of all sorts of fungi and slimy critters. That brings us to today's theme: Slimy Things! Decomposer and Detritivore This little...

6-29-13: Since the rain has not stopped since it started last night, I figured that this afternoon would be a good time to catch up on photographing some of my recently completed knitting projects. Below are two scarves that I finished a few weeks ago but never got around to recording their...

6-27-13: Yucky, hot, humid day, so I took a walk around here and found the following flora. This yellow flower is cinquefoil. I've seen it before but never knew what it was called until I looked it up today. It is a very pretty, soft yellow, with the added insect, of course. :) Bugged Out...

6-26-13: Here are a several more photos I forgot to upload. I warned you all that this was a day to make up for the previous few. A number of years ago, the city, along with state and federal funds, decided to clean up a really icky part of the city along the Chenango River. They created...

During my walk around downtown Binghamton this morning, I photographed the Court Street Bridge. It spans the Chenango River. This whole area was flooded in 2011 after hurricanes Irene and Lee. Fortunately, the flood walls put in during the 1930s and 1960s held, but just barely. A View from...

6-26-13: Addendum I forgot to upload this next one. We had breakfast at this restaurant this morning. It is called Piccolo's. The food, service and prices are fantastic. The owner was having the outside on one side being painted. I loved it. Jungle Friends

6-26-13: Today makes up for the past couple of days. :) Unlike most of my photos, today's lot are urban, sort of. Binghamton is a small city of about 46,500 people. In it's heyday, Binghamton's population peaked in 1950 at 85,000. Obviously, as the population decreased, so has the...

6-25-13: Today was a catch as catch can type of photo day. Here are three photos that fall into 3 different categories, that's for sure. I realize this stuff is a weed but I still think the flowers are pretty, especially since they are my favorite color. The Color Purple Yes, a woodpecker...

6-24-13: With vacation comes some odd ideas of things to photograph. I decided to see what we had in the way of photogenic garden snails when I took the dog out this morning. Next time, I leave the dog home. It seems she has a penchant for garden snails. BLECH! Anyway, here's a batch of...

6-23-13: Not a whole lot of photography today, and no pileated woodpecker photos ... yet..., but I did finish another holiday gift scarf, so you get a photo of my knitting. :) I did have to play around a bit with the color balance because it came out bluish grey in the origininal raw photo...

6-22-13: Not a busy day photographically, but that happens. First, an opportunistic feline photo. Creature really enjoys sunning herself in the morning. This is her typical repose on the back of the couch on a sunny morning. Sun Worshipper Early this evening, our neighborhood pileated...