Burning Bush and Clouded Sulphur

My contribution to TexWisGirl's Good Fences #32:

The Burning Bush around here is reaching peak color:


How about a little more Burning Bush, Scarecrow?

Here's another butterfly from Scioto Audubon Metro Park. (Don't worry, I still have more critters for eileeninmd's Saturday critters.)

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Orbs Go Round And Round

My contribution to Carmi's Thematic Photographic 314 - Round and round:

This truck failed to go round and round properly on this turn. So he needed me to hold up traffic so he could back up and try again.


And the orbs helped too!

P.S. ORB rocket explodes:

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Painted Ladies and more

My contribution to eileeninmd's Saturday's Critter's #47:

Butterflies won't be around for much longer this year. I saw these Painted Ladies at Schiller Park last week.


The sound of cicadas is gone already.

There are still some honeybees around:

The Schiller Park ducks (and geese, I think) will be around all winter.

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Monster Party Here!

My contribution to TexWisGirl's Good Fences #31:





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Orbs Emerge

My contribution to Carmi's Thematic Photographic 313 - When night falls:



P.S. Here's a Horace's Duskywing:

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Familiar Bluets and more

Here are some more pics from last week's visit to the Scioto Audubon Metro Park for eileeninmd's Saturday's Critter's #46.

These are Familiar Bluets:


I guess this is a Clouded Sulphur:

I've always walked to the Scioto Audubon from the east along Whittier Street, it's about 1.6 miles. Google maps told me I could get there by taking the Scioto Greenway trail from the north (1.7 miles). I figured I'd try that way to go back home.

So this is why there was a "Road Closed" sign blocking the trail a little ways back.

Nice view of the city over the rubble, though.

So now what do I do? I don't really want to walk all the way back via Whittier Street at this point. But I did see a path through the woods just before the fence with the "Road Closed" sign.

And it goes to the railroad tracks and back to civilization. Thanks, path-makers! And I'll make this another contribution to Carmi's Patterns post.


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Road Closed

My contribution to TexWisGirl's Good Fences #30:

I've stopped at Sideling Hill to take pictures before. This time, just a highway cam shot:




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Natural Patterns

Carmi's Thematic Photographic 312 is Patterns. Here are a couple from my recent visit to Scioto Audubon Metro Park:


That's a Horace's Duskywing

More critters:

I used to be a Harvestboy. Now I'm a Harvestman!

Jeremiah was a bullfrog:


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Life on the Edge

I've been meaning to walk over to the Scioto Audubon Metro Park for a critters post for a couple of weeks. (Eileeninmd's Saturday's Critter's #45 here.) Today I finally did it.



My camera isn't great at long shots, but the macro works nicely. (Not nice enough to restore a grasshopper's missing leg, though.)

Beeflies don't bother me:

There is more to this story, and more pics, too. But I'm too tired right now and have to go to sleep.

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Germania!

My contribution to TexWisGirl's Good Fences #29

There were no cars parked to block the view, so here's that house I walk by all the time from the middle of the street.

This security fence in an alley would be a little depressing without its planter:

GERMANIA!

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Run Down, But Not Out

Carmi's Thematic Photographic 311 is Run down.

O.K, that's not quite what Carmi meant. How about this fence and garden behind Juergen's German Bakery? I suppose the Scarlet Sage was put there on purpose, but the Morning Glory and Datura are willing volunteers.

In other news, it's been too long since ORBS! were featured here.


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