A friend who has to be in California asked for photos of the foliage this season, so I have been snapping a few shots with the silly camera in my new iPhone.
Gallery
Most were shot on or around my house over the past week.
Sample from the gallery:
On my way to get Erci’s car serviced, I captured this image with my iPhone. We are very fortunate to be surrounded by so much beauty.
I was very fortunate to be out all weekend with La Belle Compagnie at Colonial Plantation in beautiful Ridley Creek State Park between Philadelphia and West Chester. [...]
Tagged beauty, living history, NatureWow, a co-worker forwarded this link about the Blind Spot each of our eyes has and it got me to thinking a little.
If Chris Davis (the author of that link) is correct, and this means that our brains are not seeing what is reality, but only our own perception of reality, partially fabricated to fill [...]
We’ve been getting heavy rain for several hours now, generated from a storm that is still over 300 miles away. That’s pretty impressive when you stop to think about it. Look at the map below, and rain is already hitting people all along Long Island Sound; I am just impressed.
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200808_sat.html
Update: Bailey, our Maine [...]
While I was laid up with the nasty coughing flu, the seasons delivered great beauty to our back yard.
Only the last five photos are from this past weekend, others are from earlier this season.
Waldo has been encouraging us to eat locally for some time, for both health and reduced carbon footprint, and liberalrage has shared an incredibly useful link for making that easier, no matter where you live.
http://www.localharvest.org
We’ve found that many local foods taste better, because rather than being selected for ease of transportation, they can be selected [...]
The Monarch Butterfly Migration this year is supposed to be one of the most dramatic in living memory. I am not sure what factors go into making more Monarchs, but it is lovely to behold. I can’t get out to Cape May, NJ this weekend, but if you can you should try to. [...]
I just found out that my cousin Kyle has trapped a Red Tailed Hawk he is calling Red October and he hopes to hunt with her this Autumn. I am somewhat envious of Kyle, in a good way. I have been fascinated by falcons, owls, and hawks as far back as I can [...]
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