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Images from a damp morning.
Which are the trend, currently.
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On our way down to the field, we trudged past Grant’s acorn squashes that survived early assaults by caterpillars and will soon be ready to harvest.
The butternuts are a write-off.
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The brush is really dense!
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Goldenrod is a curious sort of plant.
An attempt to identify the beetle caused alarms to sound, so I abandoned it!
There must be an app like the one I use for plants.
Suggestions?
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Facing north, more or less.
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To make myself feel less warm that morning, I tried to remember the slope covered in deep snow.
Last winter though, we had so little.
Snow can be such a nuisance.
But I love it. I love the look of it. I love the peace that follows a blizzard.
It will be weeks before we even get a frost.
So, concentrate on the good things of summer!
(I tell myself)
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Coming to the end of the path, where my little maple tree was transplanted some years ago.
Our terrain is not great for trees because under the topsoil it is mostly slate.
There was no room in the front garden for the maple tree’s roots to grow.
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In places, there is very little topsoil.
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At the end of our pathway, a view of the cornfield.
Different at eye level.
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In the short grass we came upon butterflies.
Scrolling up and down through images online, I was unable to find a match for this one.
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A pearl crescent, I believe.
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This, I can definitely identify as a:
*Five-toed, cheeky chipmunk.
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.* Alright: 18-toed to be precise
Thank you, Carolyn, for the photos of your beautiful field, and everything that grows or lives there!
Joanna
I found this app for you. I hope it works in America.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glority.pictureinsect&hl=en_GB
Best wishes, Pete.
Thank you Pete. I got it!
Unidentified butterfly is, I think, a Large Heath butterfly.
There’s an app for everything these days and would be surprised if you couldn’t find one!
Great photos as always Carolyn.
Wow, your property is huge – I can understand why so many wildlife live here (or often stop by). I always talk about a “pretty butterfly”, just because I don’t have a clue what kind it is! But I like your identifiable five-toed/18-toed cheeky little chipmunk!