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Reaction

I’m standing at the blackboard, chalk

In one hand, eraser in the other, and

Just when I think I’ve got it balanced,

The molecules get scrambled

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Web

How quickly it turns, the time,

Days racing by like rockets

Barely glimpsed then lost to the

Horizon, gone before we could

Make out their markings,

Much less their destinations.

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Shades of Turner

Calls to mind a J.M.W. Turner sunset.

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Iridescent

Pre-sunset iridescent glow.

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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus), a little worse for wear

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Sunset Series - 7/9/2023

A few shots from a beautiful sunset on July 9, 2023.

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Mid-summer Dipper (7/7/2023)

Big dipper and clouds shot on 7/7/2023

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Remembrance

The flowers are scraggly this year, less bloomy

Than leggy and faded as if they’d already felt

The first frost.

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Book Review: How the Mountains Grew

An explication of the geological history of North America.

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Pearl Crescent

A Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) dropped by the other day

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Character

My feet are dirty despite the shower,

And I’ve decided I’m fine with that,

A sign of character . . .

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Shades of Constable

Calls to mind a Constable sunset.

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Sunflower Bumbler

A bumblebee enjoys a sunflower

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Suncatcher

Caught the sun in a spider’s web on a foggy morning in June.

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Nothing Much to Say Tonight

Nothing much to say tonight.

The patio is fixed, at last,

By my labor once removed . . .

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Filaments

The higgledy-piggledy spiderwebs on the fence reminded me of the recently discovered filaments in the center of the Milky Way.

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Otherworldy 4

One big blue eye peeking through the clouds

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Reading, Evening, Early June

Daylight stretches longer than my legs

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Patio Visitor - Common Five-lined Skink

I think this is a male common five-lined skink. It must be breeding season: his head is reddish/orange.

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Otherworldy 3

That is one weird looking cloud floating a bit above the horizon. Looks a little like a luminous top.

Reaction

Web

Shades of Turner

Iridescent

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Sunset Series - 7/9/2023

Mid-summer Dipper (7/7/2023)

Remembrance

Book Review: How the Mountains Grew

Pearl Crescent

Character

Shades of Constable

Sunflower Bumbler

Suncatcher

Nothing Much to Say Tonight

Filaments

Otherworldy 4

Reading, Evening, Early June

Patio Visitor - Common Five-lined Skink

Otherworldy 3

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