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Sunday, August 31, 2014

Our World Tuesday and Nature Notes: the last day of August



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The first three shots are from a walk on the last day of August.

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We walked in the morning but it was already hot and humit.

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Walking in the shade made it fairly pleasant.

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Back home the birds, like the catbird above and the cardinal below, were beating the heat on my deck baths.

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When I first spotted the carolina wren, I thought she might be injured.

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I was relieved when she flew up on the chair.

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

SkyWatch Friday: Bring on the clouds


 Happy Labor Day Weekend.

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I love big clouds and we have had a lot of them this summer.

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Hard to believe that summer is almost over.

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Sunday, August 24, 2014

Our World and Nature Notes: Late August


A mallard at the lake near my house.
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A titmouse rapped on my bedroom window and moved to a tree when I took a look.
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A male cardinal in the rain seeking shelter in my trees.
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 A bluejay on my deck after a bath.
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 A brown thrasher bathing on my deck.
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Thursday, August 21, 2014

SkyWatch Friday: Blue sky for a change

 Blue sky over the Durham School of the Arts in NC. Formerly a traditional High School in 1995 this became a magnet school of the arts.

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Sunday, August 17, 2014

Nature Notes and Our World: My green world with a monumental fungus


A wet summer has continued to keep the greenery looking more like spring than late summer.

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It has also been very mild temperature wise.

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Even the hot days aren't as extreme as most summers.

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When I spotted the fungus above, I half expected a wood nymph to peer out of a layer.

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The humidity is rather oppressive at times but overall this summer has been the most bearable of any summer I can remember in central North Carolina.

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Saturday, August 9, 2014

Today's Flowers: A Neighbor's Rudbeckia

I'm not sure what the red flower above the rudbeckia is but maybe canna lily. I always enjoy this neighbor's front yard. The house has recently been sold and someone new moved in. Fortunately the summer flowers are the same.

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