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Monthly Archives: September 2011

The triplets again

Monday, September 5, 2011

The triplets have grown since the last time I saw them. The photo was taken in very low light with no tripod, so it’s blurry.

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Jewel weed

Friday, September 2, 2011

This jewel weed grows along the roadside downhill from me, in an area where my small stream passes through a culvert under the road. In the previous post, I mentioned jewel weed as a plant that might grow well in the dark, moist area under my deck. As luck would have it, there is a […]

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A major shift in the weather

Thursday, September 1, 2011

I wasn’t expecting rain today, but I heard thunder around 5:30 p.m. and discovered that a good-size storm was bearing down on me, moving out of Virginia headed north to south (not the typical summertime pattern). It left a bit more than an inch of rain. Not only that, but the 14-day forecast shows the […]

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Staying fat on parched grass

Thursday, September 1, 2011

I don’t know how Mr. Groundhog manages to stay so fat on little more than my parched summer grass. I call all my resident groundhogs “Mr. Groundhog,” but there are more than one. I can’t really tell them apart. There are at least two — one to the south of the house, in the rabbit […]

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