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Sometimes, I almost feel a bit embarrassed when watching pollinators working the flowers – it’s a very intimate relationship between the bee and the bloom. This bee, so industrious, spent just a few moments here as it made its rounds.
Continue reading “Haiku: Twisting Tryst”
Nearly white with just a hint of blush, these bindweed flowers were too lovely to ignore this morning. The bees seemed enamored of them, too.
Continue reading “Haiku: Candescent Calystegia”
The baby snails had congregated at the White and were looking restless. Sophie knew that the recent heavy rain had brought them out, and they could be a handful when they were in groups. The tiny one with the light section of shell finally turned to Sophie, and, nearly shouting with excitement, asked “has Gaston reached the Red yet??”
Continue reading “Short Read: A Snail’s Search, Part VI”
It’s blackberry season, so I’ve been walking the pastures daily in pursuit of black gold (the berry kind). Today, while picking in a long-overgrown brush pile, I spotted something in a hurry to conceal itself in the brush…something exceedingly well-camouflaged!
Continue reading “Around The Farm: Cleverly Camouflaged Katydid”
While foraging just-ripening blackberries for water kefir, I came across some striking beetles in the far pasture. Their metallic iridescence could not be ignored, so I captured a couple of photos as I traversed the back fields.
Continue reading “Around The Farm: The Dazzling Dogbane Beetle”
