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#BirdOfTheDay #shadesofgrey
a heron wading in water with fallen leaves floating
November 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay #swans
two mute swans next to each other in dark water
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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#TurtleTuesday
a male eastern box turtle in autumn leaves before he starts his brumation
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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autumn’s dawn
#scape #forestFriday
trees standing in an amber carpet of their fallen leaves and a glow of early sunrise
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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a chipmunk on the side of a leaning tree with blurry branches and leaves in the background
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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#waterwednesday
trees with fall color on a rocky hillside reflect on a dark body of water
November 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay #rock
a palm warbler standing on a lichen covered rock, the top of huckleberry berry bushes holding onto some of their fall leaves in background
November 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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#minimalmonday
ravens flying in a cloudy sky with an afternoon glow
November 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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after the rain

#scape #ForestFriday
early morning sunlight shines through the mist in a wet forest in autumn
October 31, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay #OddAngles
sunlit cormorant on a rock reaching towards its back with water in the background
October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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#waterWednesday
autumn leaves floating on and resting in shallow water, a reflection of a nearby sycamore tree
October 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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#ThickTrunkTuesday #31DaysOfHalloween #Spooktober #trees
October 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Sugar Maple for #ThickTrunkTuesday
looking up at a sugar maple with orange-red leaves surrounded by oaks with green leaves
October 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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#31DaysOfGraves Day 27: tree
October 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay #Ducks
two male wood ducks standing on a rock, trees are reflected in the surrounding water
October 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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“A wondrous bush, beplumed from root to tips
With crimped and curling bloom of shredded gold!”

- Elizabeth Akers Allen ( full poem in alt)

#Stunday #ImageAndVerse #FlowersOnSunday #SundayYellow
“Witch Hazel” The last lone aster in the wood has died
     And taken wings, and flown;
The sighing oaks, the evergreens' dark pride,
And shivering beeches, keep their leaves alone. From the chill breath of late October's blast
     That all the foliage seared,
Even the loyal gentian shrank at last,
And, gathering up her fringes, disappeared. The wood is silent as an unswept lute;
     Color and song have fled;
Only the brave black-alder's brilliant fruit
Lights the sear deadness with its living red. But what is this wild fragrance that pervades
     The air like incense-smoke?
Pungent as spices blown in tropic shades,
Subtle as some enchanter might evoke. Not like the scent of flower, nor drug, nor balm,
     Nor resins from the East,
Yet trancing soul and sense in such a charm
As holds us when the thrush's song has ceased. Mysterious, gradual, like the gathering dews, 
     And damp, sweet scents of nights,
Whence is this strange aroma that imbues
The lone and leafless wood with new delight? And while the questioner drinks, with parted lips,
     The mystical draught - behold!
A wondrous bush, beplumed from root to tips
With crimped and curling bloom of shredded gold! Not even the smallest leaf or hint of green
     Is mingled with its sprays,
But every slender stem and twig is seen
Haloed with flickerings of yellow blaze. What wizard, wise in spells of drugs and gums,
     With weird divining-rod
Conjures this luminous loveliness that comes
As if by magic from the frozen sod? Fearless witch-hazel! braver than the oak
     That dares not bloom till spring,
Thus to defy the frot's benumbing stroke
With challenge of November blossoming! And yet it has an airy, delicate grace
     Denied all other flowers,
And lights the gloom as some beloved face
Dawns on the dark of melancholy hours. Miraculous shrub, that thus in frost and blight
     Smilest all undismayed,
And scatterest from thy wands of golden light
A sudden sunshine in the chilly glade. Sprite of New England …
October 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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#BluSkyArtShow #inside
An eastern box turtle rests in the sun on a patch of moss.
October 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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#scape #ForestFriday
trees, rocks with moss, fallen leaves in dappled sunlight
October 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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calm allows for greater reflection
a stream reflecting the surrounding trees and their autumnal leaves
October 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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a white-tailed buck looking at the camera, leaves blurred in background
October 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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golden hour #thicktrunktuesday
A large cottonwood tree glows in the afternoon sun. Trees and bushes can be seen in background.
October 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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“Flowers are the music of the ground from earth's lips spoken without sound.” - Edwin Curran (full poem in alt)

#FlowersOnSunday
#Stunday #ImageAndVerse
close up of toad lilies in bloom with buds in between and fern Flowers They grow around the homes of all the land
Silent music! Daffodils, roses that stand
Like pink sweet girls--music to see
The growing of beautiful melody!
Flowers are the music of the ground
From earth's lips spoken without sound; 
Flowers are as music, silent, deep
Oxlyps, marigolds, music men keep
In pots and vases, beds and jars
Music as though they were bundles of stars!   Some guard the sick beds where men lie
And breathe to them the summer sky
Breathe back the springtime, when life seems
But sorrow, pain, and darkened dreams.
When in the dreary chamber, they
Can make the shadows bright as day; 
Blow in the wind and fields, and run
The little flowers, fresh with sun.   In glittering restaurants they gleam, 
Buttercups, violets, beam with beam; 
And though the dancing sounds and thrills, 
The sweeter songs are daffodils.
And where are spangles, laughter, light, 
They make a joy the summer night.   Some grace the tables where we dine--
Our sweetest cups of dewy wine, 
The sunlight burning in their bowls
The starlight trickling from their souls, 
To add a zest to drink and food, 
So splendid, beautiful and good.   So go the flowers place to place
The sweetest friends of the human race; 
Then finally the last place of all
Upon men's graves they gladly fall, 
And lie there dreaming with their friends
Flowers with flowers, as the long day ends. -Edwin Curren
October 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay #black
a black vulture looking back while standing on a tree limb
October 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Love it, Sara! Can we join?
October 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Happy #caturday 🐈‍⬛

Oliver ❤️
a black cat sitting on a large rock covered with moss, lichen, pine needles background is blurred
October 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM