Today the birds descended on this berry tree behind my house. Like yesterday’s squirrel they seem to enjoy the bounty. ☙
Image #73 – Summer’s Bounty II
Image #72 – Summer’s Bounty
We are moving into late summer and nature’s bounty is feeding its children. This squirrel has followed the lead of several birds and is feasting on the berries of an as-yet-unidentified tree in my backyard. The cardinals have made several pilgrimages to these berries and they must be quite delicious. Look at the stuffed cheeks on this fellow! In coming months, years I hope to add to this bounty and give the critters what they need. Winter is coming. Those who cannot fly away must pack on the calories and the fat. Everyone has said the last few winters haven’t been too bad. But one never knows, do one? ☙
Image #68 – Tufted Titmouse
A tufted titmouse, one of many, visits my bird feeder. ☙
Image #67 – Dry Falls, NC
Dry Falls, also known as Upper Cullasaja Falls, is a 65-foot (20.1 m) waterfall located in the Nantahala National Forest, northwest of Highlands, North Carolina. ☙
Image #63 – Mountain Spiderwort
Another resident of Wayah Bald.
Image #61 – Common but beautiful
My trip to Wayah Bald yielded many photos. This Common Sulphur butterfly was busy working the flowers in a fairly substantial wind. It always amazes me how something so fragile can endure so much buffeting.☙
Image #56 – Enough already … ?
So many mushrooms … so little time. I promise that I will start taking pictures of other things but these lovelies are all around me and are begging to be photographed. Who am I to disappoint them? ☙
Image #54 – Violet mushrooms
The Asheville newspaper had a front page news story about the bumper year for mushrooms in North Carolina. Lucky me! And best of all I barely need to leave home. Photographing this lovely Violet-branched Coral mushroom did entail the effort of climbing the hill to my friends’ home and then getting down to the mushroom’s level, which is about 3/4 of an inch high. Check out the acorn in the right-hand corner and you can get an idea of scale. So delicate and colorful. And so well named because it is very reminiscent of coral. Just another joy of nature. ☙
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