• The Woods off of Ship Road

    The Woods off of Ship Road

     I didn’t get out today until about noon, but still it was so darn good.  I walked the trail in the woods off of Ship Road to the end.  First…

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  • Fall Birds in Valley Forge – Oooh La La

    Fall Birds in Valley Forge – Oooh La La

    Bluebird Palm Warbler Ruby Crowned Kinglet Yellow Rumped Warbler   Downy Woodpeckers Bluebird Northern Cardinal

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  • Stranded in Lyon

    Stranded in Lyon

    O.K. folks, it’s been way too long since I posted something in this interminable blog.  I am writing from  our little hotel room in Lyon, France.  Tom and I were…

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  • Ichneumon Wasp (Female)

    Ichneumon Wasp (Female)

    According to my “Field Guide to Insects and Spiders of North America,” this beautiful wasp, found today on a tree at Eastern College Pond locates other wasp’s larvae deep in…

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  • Dawn in Gloucester

    Dawn in Gloucester

    Jon and Piper Praising the Morning Light (Actually Jon was trying to get Piper  to put the sun on her finger for the photo.) Dawn and the Fishing Boat The…

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  • We are in Gloucester!!

    Piper and Jack Nicest Boy on Earth Jon and Jack Seagull asking for some Goldfish Tom and Kitty do Tie Die and then attend outdoor Concert Little Blue Heron Little…

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  • Little White Moth Laying Her Eggs Today in Charlestown Meadows

    Little White Moth Laying Her Eggs Today in Charlestown Meadows

    She was under a leaf and I could not coax her out.  After I looked at the photographs I realized she was laying her eggs!  (Click on the photograph to…

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  • Wary Momma and the Three Fawns

    Wary Momma and the Three Fawns

    I was walking in the woods in Valley Forge today when two momma deer and three fawn ran right towards me.  They didn’t realize I was there until they practically…

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  • The Ambush Bug

    The Ambush Bug

     I was walking in the field off of Ship Road and saw a butterfly on a thistle blossom.  I started taking his photograph and realized he was not flying away.…

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  • Today in Valley Forge

    Today in Valley Forge

    Oh it is that time of year in Valley Forge.  The turtles are lurking in the woods.  The Indigo and the Goldfinch are everywhere, the hummingbirds and the honeybees are…

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