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ysabetwordsmithToday I took pictures of icicles and snow, mostly in the house yard, some down the driveway.
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Photos: Lake Charleston
Nov. 8th, 2025 10:46 pmysabetwordsmithToday we visited the Charleston Food Forest, Coles County Community Garden, and Lake Charleston. These are the lake pictures, thus meeting my fall goal for birdwatching / leafpeeping. (Begin with the food forest, community garden.)
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Photos: Coles County Community Garden
Aug. 3rd, 2025 02:49 amysabetwordsmithThese pictures show the Coles County Community Garden on Saturday, August 2. (Begin with Part 1: Right Side, Part 2: Left Side.)
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ysabetwordsmithThese are pictures from the left side of the Charleston Food Forest on Saturday, August 2. (Begin with Part 1: Right Side.)
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ysabetwordsmithThese are pictures from the Charleston Food Forest. (Continue with Part 2: Left Side.)
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low_deltaI was out before 7am a week ago Thursday, so the sun was on the bluff, and the swallows were lit up so I could get some decent photos. Click to go to the Flickr page, and then click again to embiggen.
I thought they were cliff swallows, but after looking it up, I believe they're bank swallows. Cliff swallows build their nests of mud, while bank swallows dig their nests. These are in clay bluffs, rising over the shore of Lake Michigan in SE Wisconsin.
Earlier this week, I went over to the lake again, and on the way, I saw a turkey, a pair of sandhill cranes, and a small flock of Canada geese. In the park, the only bird I could name was a flicker. There were several more LBBs.
I thought they were cliff swallows, but after looking it up, I believe they're bank swallows. Cliff swallows build their nests of mud, while bank swallows dig their nests. These are in clay bluffs, rising over the shore of Lake Michigan in SE Wisconsin.
Earlier this week, I went over to the lake again, and on the way, I saw a turkey, a pair of sandhill cranes, and a small flock of Canada geese. In the park, the only bird I could name was a flicker. There were several more LBBs.
ysabetwordsmithWe visited the butterfly gardens at the Charleston Library, on June 19 although this is dated 20 because it's after midnight. They were filled with birds, although I didn't manage to catch any pictures of them.
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Photos: House Yard
Jun. 2nd, 2025 12:22 amysabetwordsmithThese pictures are from Sunday, but it's after midnight, so the post says Monday.
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Photos: South Lot
Apr. 10th, 2025 11:04 pmysabetwordsmithThese pictures mostly show the south lot. See the House Yard, South Lot, Savanna and Prairie Garden, and Back Toward the House.
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Photos: House Yard
Apr. 10th, 2025 10:00 pmysabetwordsmithI took some pictures around the yard today. These show the house yard. See the House Yard, South Lot, Savanna and Prairie Garden, and Back Toward the House.
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Photos: House Yard
Apr. 3rd, 2025 11:15 pmysabetwordsmithToday I took pictures around the yard. It's cloudy, so the lighting is bad, but so much is happening that I wanted to capture it. See the House Yard, South Lot, Savanna, and Prairie Garden.
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ysabetwordsmithThese pictures are from the left side of the Charleston Food Forest. See Part 1 Right Side.
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ysabetwordsmithToday we visited the Charleston Food Forest. I took pictures and rescued some plants that were growing in the paths so they don't get trampled. These pictures are mostly from the right side. See Part 2 Left Side.
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Photos: South Lot
Mar. 15th, 2025 09:56 pmysabetwordsmithThese are more yard pictures from today, showing some of my other projects. See the New Rocks too.
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Photos: New Rocks
Mar. 15th, 2025 09:26 pmysabetwordsmithToday I planted most of my new rocks! \o/ I'm waiting to sink the pink mica rock until I get a second one to point the other direction along the road, to catch headlights from both ways.
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Photos: Back Toward the House
Mar. 13th, 2025 12:49 amysabetwordsmithThese pictures come from the walk back toward the house.
See all of today's photography posts:
Photos: House Yard and South Lot
Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden
Photos: Back Toward the House
Photos: Garden Shed
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See all of today's photography posts:
Photos: House Yard and South Lot
Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden
Photos: Back Toward the House
Photos: Garden Shed
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Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden
Mar. 12th, 2025 11:48 pmysabetwordsmithContinuing the photo tour of the yard, most of these are from the savanna and prairie garden.
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Photos: House Yard and South Lot
Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden
Photos: Back Toward the House
Photos: Garden Shed
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See all of today's photography posts:
Photos: House Yard and South Lot
Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden
Photos: Back Toward the House
Photos: Garden Shed
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Photos: House Yard and South Lot
Mar. 12th, 2025 11:45 pmysabetwordsmithI took some pictures around the yard today. Most of these are from the house yard and south lot. We also visited the Charleston Food Forest, which is starting to wake up, but since that wasn't a preplanned stop, I didn't have my camera with me.
See all of today's photography posts:
Photos: House Yard and South Lot
Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden
Photos: Back Toward the House
Photos: Garden Shed
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See all of today's photography posts:
Photos: House Yard and South Lot
Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden
Photos: Back Toward the House
Photos: Garden Shed
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Feb Second 2025
Mar. 12th, 2025 07:00 pmempty_photosfirst post here,
i wanted to share some pics i took of some cedar waxwings and others. The weather was very cold (iirc it was -10c), on the same day (feb 2 2025) got to see an adult bald eagle, plus some hooded mergs, and a single common goldeye (photos are below for all birds). i have been slowly building my bird count over the years, and the goldeneye was on my list for awhile now, so its nice to cross them off.
i wanted to share some pics i took of some cedar waxwings and others. The weather was very cold (iirc it was -10c), on the same day (feb 2 2025) got to see an adult bald eagle, plus some hooded mergs, and a single common goldeye (photos are below for all birds). i have been slowly building my bird count over the years, and the goldeneye was on my list for awhile now, so its nice to cross them off.
(also i hope this post is ok! i am new to dreamwidth)
