A little bit of autumn, frozen in time.
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Prairie grass
Oxeye daisies
Wild geraniums
Went on a hike and these purple beauties were sprouting up all along the trail.
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Spring has not been canceled
Emerging pussy willows
Since I’ve been working from home for almost two weeks now, I’m trying to get out of the house everyday. At the very least, that means a good walk around the neighborhood. When I was out today and saw these pussy willows in the process of emerging, I thought of them as a metaphor for our current situation.
Right now, most of us are in a social distancing “winter.” Someday that season will end, we will emerge from semi-isolation, and live our normal lives again. Until then, we have this pussy willow to help us remember it will not be forever.
“Painted” lily
I thought the colors and patterns of this blackberry lily (also known as a leopard lily) looked like they were painted on.
Orange Meadowhawk dragonfly
Flower spider
I was taking a photo of this brilliantly colored zinnia Mexican sunflower when I noticed a tiny spider sitting on the edge of the stamen.