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Caterpillar – Spilosoma Virginica
Oh what a day. I drove to the John Heinz Nature Preserve near the Philadelphia Airport. I was just going to take my macro lens, but Ken suggested I take the big telephoto lens as well, just in case. When I got out of the car, the butterflies were fluttering all around. A dragon…
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Quakertown Highschool Class of 1970 40th Class Reunion – Click Photo to Expand
Yesterday, August 21, 2010 about 65 of us from the 1970 class of Quakertown High School got together for a wonderful 40th class reunion at the Meadows outside of Quakertown. We gathered for a group photograph. See if you can recognize anybody in the pictures above. If you click a photo, it will expand.
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Today’s Catch
This is why I love bugs. Just take a look at the beauty of the three little guys I found today at the pond. Just beautiful creatures of nature. (Click on each bug for a good close look.)
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Please Don’t Tell Ken
Yesterday while kneeling in almost waist high grass in the middle of a field at Valley Forge aiming my macro lens at a katydid on a milkweed, a large man standing far off in the distance on the sidewalk was waving his hands, jumping up and down and shouting at me, “Lady, get out…
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Cicadas
It was a rainy day today, but I went to Valley Forge anyway. I found a small herd of deer and chased them around a field for a while. On my way back to the car I saw a beautiful twisted tree at the edge of the road. Looking a little closer I saw…
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The Basement Saga
I woke up this morning determined to finally finish the basement. Way back in April while we were away on vacation, we had some tremendous rain storms. We came home to a flooded basement which ruined our carpet and just about everything sitting on the floor, making an awful mess. The mess required us…
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Shy Grasshoppers
The grasshoppers are out in full force in the fields of Valley Forge Park. As I walk through the tall grass they spring from one grass stalk to another. It is so much fun to track one down and take his picture. Here are three different grasshoppers each hiding from the camera. Look at…
