Memories of Fall

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One month ago, glorious color.

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Give Me A Wall And I Shall Grow

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Mendencino California, mid May 2013.

I am always amazed at where Mother Nature will plant her babies and where they will flourish.  This is a concrete foundation, with a bit of a crack.

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Mendencino Purple

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Mid May 2013.

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Red and White And Sparklers Too!

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Near Santa Rosa, California, mid May, 2013.

Cropped a bit:

Zoom:

* Those are sparklers at the ends of the stamen, right??
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The Golden Gate Guard

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San Francisco, Marin Headlands, overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.

*Friend Chris has tentatively identified this as a White-Crowned Sparrow.  Thanks Chris.

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I Fly With Double Wings. Looks Like I Can Sting Too

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Identification requested.  Taken in Southeast Michigan September 6, 2013.

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The Seagulls of Bodega Bay California

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The Seagulls of Bodega Bay are brought to you by bright sunshine, and my never ending fascination with the zoom on Sony Too.  Can I get this shot???  Is there enough zoom???  Can I hold the camera still (I refuse to carry a tripod, it is that "carrying" thing I object to the most).  Can I find a wall or a fence or something to hold Sony more still???

This seagull was a VERY long way away.  I think he (or she) may have found a nugget to nibble on. I had watched it reach down into that crevasse and pull out that tidbit.

I have NO idea what they were talking about or to whom, but, it sure looks like they were giving something a piece of their mind.  (This is a bit out of focus, but worth sharing, cracked me up!)

This one is definitely mining for nesting materials in that ice plant.

Material secured - - - - take off!

Back at the parking lot, this gull stood right on the hood of the car parked next to us, and proceeded to stare us down!

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The One Half Inch Long Tree Frog

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This little guy, who really is NOT even 1/2 inch long and his siblings have been all over the deck this last week or so.  Two times this one, or a sibling, have hopped right into the house.  Man has gently removed them back out to the deck area.

During the day, sitting on the deck railing.

At night, hanging on the wet door wall.  Taken through the door wall glass, with a flash, the white/silver stuff is the moisture on the outside of the door wall.  It was VERY humid.

Taken outside, at night, with flash, he was hanging on the handle of the screen door.

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Water Me, Please

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Sutter Creek, California, early May 2013.

I love the idea, must fess up, not sure the plants are real.  LOL

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Honeysuckle

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From Locke California, early May, 2013.

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Lily Pad Drinks

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Early May 2013, Locke California.

Lily pads growing in a large container in Locke Memorial Park.

It was rather warm, even the wasps were thirsty.

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Spring Flowers from Preston Castle, Ione California

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Back in April, 2013, Man and I visited Preston Castle in Ione California thanks to the coordinators of the MOC Spring Rally.  I blogged about that visit on Reflections the other day.

There was a small, but, very pretty, garden along side the building, and I snapped a few of the spring flowers in bloom, and since we can never get enough spring flowers in bloom, here they are, a few months late, just before fall hits here in SE Michigan.

You know I love this one, Iris AND purple.

Amaryllis, something I have never grown in my gardens, but, ohhh, so lovely.

Let's get just a bit closer, bold and stunning.

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Mr G and the Catfish

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Floodwood Minnesota, Catfish Capital of the World.

Mr G, catching the big one. Now, if he could just see it.  SIGH, old age, and he is now blind.

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A Gate Full of Hydrangea

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Mackinaw Island, August 2013

This gate is covered in hydrangea, or what I thought was hydrangea.  It was spectacular!

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Columbia Ground Squirrel at Two Medicine Glacier National Park, At Brunch Time

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The Bike Basket

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Flowery Hillside, Jackson California

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April 2013

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Pacific Dogwood, Yosemite Valley, California

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