Dry Days.....Wet Days

June and July have given us dry days...

that bring the bugs out...

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and wet days that keep us in...

and Magnolia blossoms wet...

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Saturday was a wet day for us...



so when Alivia came down to visit...
out came her favorite book...and
behind it she hid!




just ignoring me and...
even trying not to smile for the camera...




but actually, I later got what I wanted....
one of her...deeply engrossed in her book!



Later she was off to draw...but what would it be...



After giving it some serious thought...


she made up her mind...and created some art...
that's how I enjoyed yesterday.


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Today...being a dry day...
Herhusband walked down the drive to
retrieve the trailer from the barn...



while I waited at the gazebo...

which yesterday...being a wet day...

the swing wore a raincoat ready for rain.

So after Herhusband left to help grandson

Dustin move some things...

I went into the field...with camera...

pass the windmill...

and pass the bench in the field....

to the hillside just beyond the wire fence,

where the blackberries are....

it is quite steep here in places...

with ragged old trees...

and areas of plants with tall white blooms.

It's thick with tall straight trees...

and dense with low growing fern...

On a walk here last week I discovered...

a Hawk feather...a small snail...

then an even smaller snail...

and an old empty shell...

on the ground just beneath.

Also on that walk I placed something...

at the base of this middle tree to see

how it might change in a week's time.

This was it a week ago...a little green walnut

on a stack of rocks...even had a smiley face.

Today it looked like this...

green turned to gray... the leaf pulled away...

and the pebble fell off...

but he's still smiling.

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In a week I will return to see what I find.

On my way home this Box Turtle crossed my path..

with dark leathery skin...

and glowing pink eyes...which I just learned means

it's a male...females have yellowish brown irises.!

I found this slight heart shaped rock near him...

so I thought I'd take it home...

Eventually...I reached an entrance to field...

walked pass the pear tree...

then pass the Magnolia tree which has

a dry bloom today.

Oh, remember Alivia's artwork yesterday?

Well, she drew appropriate pictures...

One dry day.....One wet day!

Note which one includes a smile

and which one a frown!

Natural Shapes & Patterns

Nature provides us with many shapes and patterns

to enjoy! Some...full of color and life.....

-enlarge Poppy for detail-

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...some are delicate and airy...

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like this Sassafras tree seen here in spring.....

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while nature made others...very bold and big...
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this Burdock plant has grown about 4ft. across.




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See the rock on the right...I often wonder...
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was it chiseled away by man for a purpose....
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or just created by nature...
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for me to find and ponder?





The shapes on the trunk of this Black Locust...
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by the drive...
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are dark and foreboding.....





...but turns lacy and friendly.....
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as you look toward the sky.





This young tree has me perplexed...
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it grew back into itself; making a circle...
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what would cause such growth?
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It will be interesting...
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to keep going back...to check.






This Tree of Heaven
with it's long frond-like leaves.....
appeared on it's own only
3 years ago and it's over 25 ft. tall.






The pattern and shape of this Wild Cherry tree...
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looks like an "uncomfortable" prom dress.....to me!






These beautiful patterns may have caused.....
the demise of this tree...

-photos enlarge-


...the radiating lines look like insects themselves...





...if you look closely you'll find ants here and there...

...on this dead...mahogany colored log.




This pattern of bright healthy green Moss...
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makes this dead log...appear full of life.





This tree grows tall with just a small crown of leaves...




...while this tall tree seems.....
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.....just to be dancing in the breeze.





While removing a leaning and broken...
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...but not yet fallen tree.....
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guess what we discovered in the center...

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at the very heart of the tree!
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Heart felt thanks to all who read!