4 years ago at the small pond.
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A distinguished gentleman lost in the joe pye weed
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Glorious August
I walked the dogs out to the far pasture the other day, because there are (apparently) many things that must be sniffed out there. It is always pretty, but this time of year it just gets better and better (especially since we've have unusually abundant rain the last month). There is a wet area between the field and the creek that we fenced off to keep hooves out of the swampy areas. It is shoulder-high in wildflowers.
Where the flowers are thickest, the butterflies are practically elbowing each other out of the way. There are always two or three male swallowtails having some kind of territorial contest, flittering in complicated patterns. Probably showing off for the ladies! I also had a photography assistant:
Baxter wants to "help" me; Chance wants to herd cats. That has never worked for him, but he will not give up.
The upper part of the pasture is covered in Queen Anne's lace and knapweed (plus numerous other, smaller flowers). And so many bees. It looks for all the world like an impressionist painting, doesn't it?
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“Solitude isn’t loneliness. Solitude is when the entire serene universe seems to surround and hold you quietly.” ~Victoria Erickson
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n423_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library
Via Flickr:
Flore médicale des Antilles, ou, Traité des plantes usuelles :. Paris :Pichard,1821-1829.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2956624
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One of the neighborhood cats on the back fence.
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August 2023: Around The Backyard
The grapevine didn't produce any fruit this year but it did provide a lot of cover for the songbirds when the Cooper's hawk was hunting:
I haven't figured out why this Joe Pye weed died early since the ones right next to it are doing fine:
It did manage to go to seed:
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Joe Pye on the Forest Edge - July 22nd 2023
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Eutrochium fistulosa / Joe Pye Weed at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC
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