Monarch Butterfly

Danaus plexippus

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Corn Maze

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Kitten's Rainbow Bridge

I know this is Kitten's rainbow because it appeared suddenly at 6:30 AM the morning after she died.

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Green Mountains from Robert Frost Home

A view of the Green Mountains from Robert Frost's home in Ripton, Vermont.

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Garage Barn Spider

I have been watching this now huge barn spider as she grows and builds a beautiful web. I used iPhoto effects on the photo.

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Downy Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker  (Picoides pubescens)

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Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

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Chrysanthemums

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Not Identified

Found in the Green Mountain National Forest today, near Texas Falls on Rt. 125, Hancock, VT. I have no idea what this plant is.

UPDATE: Ruth identified this for me in comments: the fruit of Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Bog onion, Brown dragon, Indian turnip, Wake robin or Wild turnip). Thank you.

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My Hydrangea Today

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Tonight's Moon

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Mourning Cloak Butterfly

I was chasing this butterfly all over the place after school today and this is all I got. It flew faster than I ran. Of course Buddy heard me and came out of the barn to say good afternoon. He saw my butterfly and chased it out of the front door yard. These are my best butterfly photos of this season, so I posted all three. This is also my first mourning cloak (love the name).

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Mourning Cloak Butterfly Nest?

This summer while searching for a way up Barton Mountain, Wingnut and I came across this nest in a wild apple tree. It is probably a tent caterpillar nest, which produces a brown moth. But all of the caterpillars were vibrating with the same rhythm, which was quite amazing to see. I read something about such a vibration with the caterpillars of the mourning cloak butterfly, so I am hoping that this is what we saw. Information on the web is very non-specific. If you know anything, please leave a comment.

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Today I learned how to make a vignette of my photo of johnny-jump-ups from this summer. I used GIMP, QuickMask on GIMP, the wave distortion and the Gaussian blur. After I inverted the selection, I used the background color that I picked out of the photo to fill the selection.

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One of my favorite shots from the dog walk yesterday.

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Where do spiders go when it is cold?

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It's been a long time since I posted. Taking four days off from blogging over Labor Day turned out to be over 12 days. I like this shot of the horse because of the tail. I'm still working hard to catch up to everybody's posts. If I have not visited you, I will!

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