wild iris
These irises claim their place below Big Falls, in a flat moist area surely subject to high water and fast currents every spring. I don't believe I've seen irises in the wild like this. What tenaci...
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branched oyster mushrooms
A peek below shows that insects of various kinds are drawn to take up residence... Apparently, it's an edible and potentially medicinal mushroom, which explains why at least one cluster nearby had...
swallows by the pond
There were barn swallows, tree swallows, and rough wing swallows, all eagerly swooping above the pond. With my naked eye in the dusky late afternoon, I could not see what their meal was. The camer...
red ash mystery
Clearly, the ash tree likes to do things symmetrically. The trunk in the background shows the typical opposite-branching pattern, the leaf stems in front show the same pattern, and on each leaf, le...
