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9-5-13: While outside this morning with the dog before going to work and a new school year with a new batch of students, I noticed the clouds. The sky was clearing, indicating a beautiful day ahead. Here are two photos of the morning's clouds. I converted the photos to B&W and like the more...

9-4-13: Just before I left for work this morning, I looked out the window and saw one of our happy herds of deer on the back lawn. I grabbed my camera, and took a few photos of the one yearling (the rest had moved off to the side to eat the blueberry bushes :( ). When I looked at my results...

9-3-13: Today was a crazy day. After being on vacation for 2 weeks, I had to go back to work and set up my classroom. Of course, they never said what changes were going to be made until we all came back. By the time I got home this afternoon, I was so beat, I almost forgot to get at least...

9-2-13: Nuthatch Nuthatches are such entertaining birds. We have 2 or 3 nuthatches that visit the feeder multiple times a day. This was this morning's visitation. On the Edge Just Try and Get It From Me At the Bird Seed Buffet

9-2-13: Part 1: Chickadees While eating breakfast this morning, I heard a lot of bird chatter at the bird feeder this morning so I went to take a look. Yup, the nuthatches and chickadees were having a field day at the feeder. Hmmm... Just One More Lift Off Where's the Mirror? ​

9-1-13: Okay, I have been waiting all summer for this guy to make an appearance. Last year, this grey heron would be at the pond down the road every day, just about all day long. This year, I had not seen him once, until this afternoon when I was driving by the pond. It figures, I had the...

8-30-13: Today was one of those days between yard work and major thunderstorms, I really did not get much of a chance to get out and take any photos. After the last thunderstorm, while the sky was still so dark and gloomy, I did manage to get this one image of one of our neighborhood rabbits...

8-30-13: While spousal unit was at a doctor's appointment, I decided to stake out the stone embankment next to the parking lot. The last time I was there, I saw a chipmunk in residence among the rocks. I had the wrong lens that time. This time I had the trusty 55-200 mm non-VR zoom and was...

8-29-13: A couple of photos that I took this morning. We get a lot of these webs on the lawn in the morning. They are made by funnel weaver spiders. This web is covered with a lot of dew so it was easy to see and photograph. ​ Morning Web The Omnivorous Nuthatch

8-28-13: About an hour ago, I walked outside about 10 minutes before the sky opened up. I got a nice photo of a yellow jewelweed flower growing under our rhododendron. I then looked up to look at how dark the sky had gotten and noticed a huge squadron of turkey vultures flying overhead...

8-28-13: Yet another squirrel photo. Sorry. :) Caught our neighborhood red squirrel near the bird feeder today when I took the dog out. Red on Red

8-27-13: Spousal unit finally finished making the replacement flyer for my spinning wheel. Gary made it out of a solid piece of oak, unlike the original which was made from laminated wood. I used it this afternoon and my wheel works better than with the original flyer. No wobble or falling...

8-26-13: Not a lot of time to take photos today, besides, it's been looking like it's going to pour outside most of the day. Anyway, I finished these socks last night and photographed them today as I like to keep a record of my finished knitting projects. Some knitters refer to this...

8-25-13: Today's photos are the result of a walk through the woods and the neighborhood. It's always fun to see what's lurking around the underbrush. These elderberries aren't very elder yet. Not Elder Yet I have always liked ferns. There is something nicely primitive about them. :)...

8-24-13: After getting the ant hill photos, which I had planned on, I came across members of the local vulture squadron. I really think these guys are getting tired of seeing me, that's for sure. They were chowing down on a very dead deer in a field near the side of the road. I will spare...

8-24-13: Ant hills! Yes, even in upstate New York we get pretty big ant hills. They don't occur all over, but there are a few places around here that can get some rather substantial-sized ant hills. No matter what people do to eradicate them, they come right back in the same area...

8-23-13: Took a walk this afternoon to see how things were going with making the creek more floodproof. I ended up talking with one of the engineers overseeing the job. It seems they have to shore up the bridge supports because they are eroding. It's nice to know that a bridge I cross at...

8-22-13: Today is a hodge podge of summer flora in and around the woods. With all the rain we have had all summer long, the local fungi have been having a field day. This shelf fungus grew considerably compared to how small it was at the beginning of the summer. It was all around the tree...

8-21-13: Not too much exciting, but this is a scarf I finished the other night.

8-20-13: Nearby is a creek, Choconut Creek, that overflows its bank frequently. After the flood of 2008, the town widened the creek from the NY-PA state line all the way to the Susquehanna River. A distance of about 10 miles. More recently,we had two 100-year floods that made the one in 2008...