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Patty O'Toad

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Enjoying a swarm of flying ants on the Patty-O.

June 05, 2009 at 07:31 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Blackberries at sunset

Raspberries
Meadowbrook Park, Urbana IL (Click to enlarge -- doesn't look right at this size)

July 12, 2007 at 09:54 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Stargazer Lily

Stargazer
I love when these bloom -- they're in my front yard, and besides being glamorous, they smell like cloves.

July 09, 2007 at 06:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (6)

Queen Anne's Lace

Lace
Do you know why there's always a red spot in the middle of Queen Anne's Lace? [Click to enlarge]

Ann got it right: The flower is named after Queen Anne of Denmark (1574-1619), consort of James I of England. Anne was an avid and accomplished lace maker, and the red spot in the middle was said to be a drop of her blood from a needle prick, although I assume it's really there to attract pollinating insects. And James I had something named after him too -- the King James Version of the Bible.

July 08, 2007 at 09:18 PM | Permalink | Comments (8)

From today's nature walk

Doemeadow

Echinacea

June 18, 2007 at 08:58 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

June 12, 2007 at 08:46 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Red-winged blackbird and perch

Statue

June 12, 2007 at 08:41 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Black-eyed Susans

Susans
Meadowbrook Park, Urbana IL

June 11, 2007 at 02:40 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Terrorized by turkeys!

If you can sit through the Six Flags ad, this video is great. It makes me miss our Urbana turkeys who chased me a number of times with no ill intent that I could discern. I think they were just flocking with me. Here they are in all their glory stampeding through a neighbor's backyard:
Turkey4_1
Photo by me.

June 06, 2007 at 01:38 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Prairie evening

Prairie

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Gate

June 05, 2007 at 08:57 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

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