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a young mute swan gliding across the water with two canada geese nearby, rocks and trees are reflected on the dark water
December 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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a young eastern gray squirrel looking to the side holding onto the ridges of a large oak tree, blurred trees can be seen on the left in the background
December 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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#BlueSkyMonday #MushroomMonday
false turkey tail mushrooms with rings of grey, rust, and brown grow on a small, fallen tree with an greyish-blue hue and moss on its bark
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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#BlueSkyMonday
a light mist hovers over a body of water between a light blue sky, trees and their reflection an old, fallen tree can be seen in the water near the bank where a shrub with red berries and reed leaves are in the foreground
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay #Mr&Mrs #stunday
a pair of Canada geese face opposite directions on water that reflects the colors of nearby autumn trees
November 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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all creatures great and #small
#BlueSkyArtShow
female wood frog facing right standing on fallen oak leaves and moss
November 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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#scape #ForestFriday #FlyDay
a red-tailed hawk facing away from the camera with its head facing left perched on a small branch, blurred autumn leaves in background
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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looking up a lichen-covered trunk of a Northern Red Oak with rust colored leaves against a blue sky
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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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