Enjoying a swarm of flying ants on the Patty-O.
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Blackberries at sunset
Meadowbrook Park, Urbana IL (Click to enlarge -- doesn't look right at this size)
Stargazer Lily
I love when these bloom -- they're in my front yard, and besides being glamorous, they smell like cloves.
Queen Anne's 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.
Black-eyed Susans
Meadowbrook Park, Urbana IL
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:
Photo by me.
