272: Getting freaky in the woods
Posted: June 22, 2011 Filed under: 365 Life in the Bogs Challenge, Adventures in Life, Critters, Earth, garden, goals, home, nature, Photography, pond, Spirit, Summer, Walking, water, weather | Tags: butterfly, creek, deer fly, dragonfly, flowers, forest, Odonata, Photography, postaday2011, summer solstice, Vernal pool, wildflowers, woods 33 Comments
Summer Solstice in the Woods
Yesterday evening, before the storms hit, I decided to wander back to the woods to get some Summer Solstice shots of the creek (as part of my contribution to Scott’s Assignment: Four Seasons 2011). I donned the appropriate clothing, including my ugly hat to keep the deer flies away, and slowly hiked to the back of the pond and down into the woods. I got stopped along the way by a few things that caught my attention.
271: Learning to love summer
Posted: June 21, 2011 Filed under: 365 Life in the Bogs Challenge, Adventures in Life, beginnings, celebrations, Critters, Earth, Fire, goals, home, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, Spirit, Summer, Walking, water, weather | Tags: April Ware, Gertrude Jekyll, nature, Photography, postaday2011, quotes, summer solstice, William Carlos Williams 28 Comments
The neighborhood barn on one of the last spring days of 2011
It’s here. My last season of the Life in the Bogs Great Outdoor Challenge. Summer officially arrived in the Northern Hemisphere at 1:16pm E.T. today.
Life in the Bogs 