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I'm a photographer, birder and amateur naturalist living in rural southeast Ohio on a plot of wooded acreage where I can hug a tree anytime I want to. I live to learn, and my curiosity is insatiable. Above all, though, I am an observer, a noticer, an
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What the wind did
As you may remember, last Wednesday I tried my hand at some prose, and my subject matter was the wind. That piece was inspired, in part, by a large tree that came crashing down on our own property. Well, part of a tree anyway.As I made my way up th...
Signs
sign n. - Something that suggests the presence or existence of a fact, condition, or quality.Signs are around us everywhere. I don't just mean the written or graphic variety, but also, of course, the natural variety. Here are some signs that I not...
Longing for lush and green
As the days threaten to turn cold and stay cold, I find myself dreaming of the lush and green days of summer. I was looking through some old photos very recently while searching for a shot of Common Mullein in bloom, and came across some moss photos...
Fuzzy wuzzy was a... plant?!
Are you familiar with the following children's rhyme?Fuzzy wuzzy was a bearFuzzy wuzzy had no hairFuzzy wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy, was he?Well, I'm here to tell you about something that definitely wuzzy fuzzy, but it's not an animal. It's a plant. Th...
Shameless self-promotion
Most of the images that I showcase in this space are taken out "in the field." While that is no doubt my favorite place to take photos, and will undoubtedly remain my focus here on Heather of the Hills, I'm trying out some new photographic techniqu...
More late fall color and texture
As promised in yesterday's post, here is the mystery flower that made itself known among the underbrush...Aha! It's Bottle Gentian (or Closed Gentian). This autumn was the first time I have seen this plant in the wild, so I was very excited about t...
Cool Kentucky (and Ohio) fungi
Another item of interest during our trip to the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky (aside from mating insects!) was mushrooms. I think fungi are pretty interesting, and we ran across more than the ones I'll show here, but unfortunately I didn'...
Bow chick-a-wow-wow
During one of our hikes in the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky, we came across a cool insect: the walking stick (or walkingstick). Make that 2 walking sticks.I'm kind of bummed that I didn't have my "macro" filters with me that day, or I co...
Berries from northern Michigan
The last 2 posts of flowers from northern Michigan included plants that I was able to identify. Not so in this post (with one exception). When we were there in July there were several plant species that were putting out fruit. Here's one that I do...
More Michigan flowers
Continuing on with flower photos from northern Michigan, I present 2 more lovelies: Bladder Campion and Deptford Pink.I've yet to encounter Bladder Campion in Ohio, even though it does grow here. Most of the Bladder Campions up in Michigan were past...
Beauty of the Wild Pea
It occurred to me the other day that I still have tons of photos from our trip to Michigan earlier this year that I have not yet shared. Time to work on fixing that, wouldn't you say?Here, we will enjoy the simplicity and beauty of the Wild Pea. We...
Looking inside a Buckeye
Lakeside flowers
The simple things...
In denial
Silence
Macro critters
A crustacean with many names
Beautiful Butterfly Weed
Experimental Ragwort
Funky Friday Fungi
The real star of the show
Flowers, flowers - everywhere!
Workin' the macro
