Turkey Vultures Cathartes aura (cleansing breeze) soaring high in the air are quite beautiful and majestic with a wing span of over six feet. They are intelligent and extremely important in preventing the spread of disease. Friends to farmers and gas utility workers alike for cleaning up dead carcasses and locating gas leaks, the Turkey Vulture's role in our ecosystem is unique and valued thus protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. Still many find these vital carrion … [Read more...] about Haunted Perceptions of Nature’s Creatures Scary Climate
Mighty Oaks Begin Their Show Early Winter Paints the Landscape White!!
The Autumn landscape now wears russet and deep golden hues. As strong tall Oaks free their true colors. This morning the landscape and gardens were tossed ahead a few months into winter temperatures and snow! Most unusual for this time of year. This young buck forages through the wet snow. I love the way one of his budding antlers is directly poised 'side by side' with a plant stalk. By late morning the snow begins to melt and fall from the greatly relieved … [Read more...] about Mighty Oaks Begin Their Show Early Winter Paints the Landscape White!!
Mighty Oaks Begin Their Show Early Winter Paints the Landscape White!!
The Autumn landscape now wears russet and deep golden hues.As strong tall Oaks free their true colors. This morning the landscape and gardens were tossed ahead a few months into winter temperatures and snow! Most unusual for this time of year.This young buck forages through the wet snow. I love the way one of his budding antlers is directly poised 'side by side' with a plant stalk. By late morning the snow begins to melt and fall from the greatly relieved shrubs and … [Read more...] about Mighty Oaks Begin Their Show Early Winter Paints the Landscape White!!
Delicious Autumnal Palette In Varying Light
Days of the late summer and fall of 2011 will be recalled as perpetually wet and as if the whole of the landscape had been marinated in a slate gray soup. Drenched by Irene fed floods and months of moisture, the trees seem as unhappy about all the dampness as do the humans that live mostly within sheltered structures, where swollen doors refuse to completely close. Though in general the autumnal palette is of a duller value, there are a few trees . . . perhaps younger . . . that boldly … [Read more...] about Delicious Autumnal Palette In Varying Light
Delicious Autumnal Palette In Varying Light
Days of the late summer and fall of 2011 will be recalled as perpetually wet and as if the whole of the landscape had been marinated in a slate gray soup. Drenched by Irene fed floods and months of moisture, the trees seem as unhappy about all the dampness as do the humans that live mostly within sheltered structures, where swollen doors refuse to completely close. Though in general the autumnal palette is of a duller value, there are a few trees . . . perhaps younger . . . that … [Read more...] about Delicious Autumnal Palette In Varying Light
