If anything, it was even muggier than last week. There's a cold front moving in tonight,and its approach has been sucking hot, humid air from the Gulf of Mexico up before it. So even though it was a bit cooler this morning, I was soaked with sweat within minutes of walking out my door. This time I had insect repellent along, so at least the mosquitoes weren't annoying me!
There was lots to photograph this morning, as you'll see from the shots below. Butterflies, dragonflies, turtles... not to mention the flowers and the general lushness of it all as a result of this wet and warm year. Come take a look!
© 2019 by A. Roy Hilbinger
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| A very lush Dykeman Spring wetland |
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| The creek is its usual picturesque self |
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| Mama Gaia is encroaching on that bench again! |
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| A Painted Turtle sunning on a rock in the north duck pond, with reflection |
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| A Four-spot Skimmer dragonfly resting on a bench by the side of the pond |
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| A Blue Dasher dragonfly posing by the north duck pond |
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| The view of the north duck pond from my favorite bench under the Kentucky Coffee Tree |
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| Teasel by the meadow |
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| And a bouquet of Queen Anne's Lace and Calico Asters up on the meadow |
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| A Silver-spot Skipper butterfly up on the meadow |
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| A pair of Bindweed blossoms,a wild relative of the Morning Glory |
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| A Buckeye butterfly amid the red clover up on the meadow |
Love that Buckeye butterfly and red clover. Especially love the Blindweed, the morning glory relative. They look rathter petunia-ish, too? Always love Queen Anne's lace. And wow, a coffee tree.
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