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Urban Nature Pictures 9/6
Moss and lichen growth on a picnic table in Franklin Park.
A puddingstone boulder (a glacial erratic, or a boulder left over from quarrying operations?) in the woods of Franlin Park.
Moss and lichen growth on a picnic table in Franklin Park.
A puddingstone boulder (a glacial erratic, or a boulder left over from quarrying operations?) in the woods of Franlin Park.
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More Vermont
This is an orbweaver spider (about 1/3 of the way down from the top) cleverly camouflaged among the wrapped carcasses of its victims. There were many of these webs along the side of the house, each with a neat line of silk packaged insects in their centers.
( alexis and rock balance )
Conwy
We drove up to Conwy (which we are assured is pronounced "conway") and found more castle-y stuff. What's up with that?
( funny you should ask )
Penzance to Land's End
We arrived in Penzance, famous because of Gilbert and Sullivan, and left the car under this gull so we could find it again. After checking into the Longboat Inn on Market Jew Street, we decided to head to Land's End while we still had daylight.
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Urban Nature Pictures 5/15, plus visiting an old friend
Two things that get blown out of oak trees in spring: inchworms and oak apples. I looked at this amazing page of eastern Massachusetts caterpillar photos but couldn't identify the inchworm. Small green and non-descript, and an early instar besides. EDIT: But after I posted this, the author/photographer of that caterpillar website commented to say it was the caterpillar of a winter moth! I did find some lovely forest wildflowers.
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Hammond Pond Reservation, in the rain, yet again
We've been to this place twice, both times in weather in which most people wouldn't walk around the block. Yesterday: about 40 degrees, cold drizzle.
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Muddy River 04/12/09, 12 noon.
Just upstream from where I take most of these pictures, cormorants perch along Leverett Pond.
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Back to Dogtown
I hadn't been back to Dogtown since November. For Alexis the last time going there was last April. One of the reasons for that is that there's a shooting range nearby, and the sound of gunshots scares Maggie into immobility. She can't hike very far because of her leg surgery anyway, so we left her at home with Alex, and took Charlie and Jim.
( a dozen or so more )
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Who likes rocks?
Forgive me if I've asked this before, but are any of you geologists? I need someone well-versed in geology to help guide an Urban Nature Walk. I want to do the next walk in Dane Park, but it really needs someone who can coherently explain what a "terrane" is, and why a piece of the "continent of Avalon" is in Brookline.
Last weekend in pictures, continued
Last weekend we went to Borderlands State Park. We had never been before, so I can't compare the old path to the new path, to confirm or deny the claim at the bottom of the sign. I liked it just fine.
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Quincy Quarry
Just now catching up with my pictures from last Sunday! We went to Quincy Quarry, figuring that it was one of few open spaces that wouldn't be crowded on Memorial day weekend. We were sort of right...
( Lots of big pictures, since the place begs to be seen on a grand scale )