Bicolored sweat bee with a load of pollen.

Common Buckeye

My favorite Beethoven piano sonata so I had to listen to a recording.

It’s Maisie’s Gotcha Day! Five years! And yes, we’re still enjoying our Christmas tree.

In winter I look for Seedbox, Ludwigia alternifolia, at the bottom of wet meadows. I found the small yellow flowers last August. Now the woody Seedbox fruit capsules remain in the meadow. The photo of the dried capsules is from this article the-natural-web.org/2020/02/29/t...

I saw this poem in a Connecticut Audubon Society article about the Eastern Hemlock. It brightened my day.

Connecticut Audubon Society, Larsen Sanctuary: bobcat tracks on a log and witch hazel blooms.

Today at the Connecticut Audubon Society Larsen Sanctuary: Spiny rose galls formed by cynipid wasps, which lay eggs in the plant’s tissue. The plant forms ball-like masses around the eggs.
The animal tracks across the pond are from a raccoon.

Snow in Connecticut