Category Archives: Nature

Winter Mystery Bloomer

I don’t know this bush is, but anything that blooms in January with such a fragile-looking flower deserves some recognition.

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Before and After at the Concrete Bridge

New Hope Creek normally gets pretty low in the summer, but our late summer and fall drought left the creek lower than usual. Above left is a photo from October 1st of the concrete bridge in the Korstian Division of … Continue reading

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Dead on the Trail

I guess this is (was) a raccoon. It looks like its insides have been sucked out without disturbing its outsides.

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Tree with Natural Hole

I thought I better make a record of the natural hole in this tree in Duke Forest before it gets filled in by growth. I wonder how long it’s been there and how big it was when it started. I … Continue reading

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Spider in Fall Colors

Looks like this spider is ready for Fall.

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Guilty Raiding Party Photographed

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Resourceful Deer

I thought I outsmarted the deer this year by laying plastic mesh fencing over our vulnerable plants. Occasionally, a leaf would grow through the mesh and get eaten, but generally it worked pretty well. Until now, that is. The recent … Continue reading

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