![Grand Canyon, July, 2009](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI04KMZoCwhQ5EGjmjn7AJ7PGaLDX94zxfp9jR9i_Iv2my77NeLA4R4r2DM_051oKeWawb5r-YKegQqihtGWS77HRibcisAgqiBEcw3PVt8evuUmnTZVZAbMKGek55LUy-w0pesxdHQKNS/s400/Grand+Canyon+084.jpg)
And here is my contribution to TexWiscGirl's Good Fences #71:
![Columbus fence, Thursday, July 23, 2015, 6:00:30 PM](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmg5NJQhP3tCmy6_WL4odj1nq2FHUgHQbroZROLuNaDTV7kJc-pbXdkmcAOPXWhNe_KYnyG25Gm5egaZOtJkcJXkCPK-iYScNwgourozCIB0fd38Gvi9qlcH7oofCYuQfjc1JPgU-s7ByY/s320/July+2015+g+003.jpg)
Other Beesness:
![W.V. bumblebee on thistle, July 28, 2015, 12:55:28 PM](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22RnHzQ82yD-u4nSih6PHBX1xWAK7FC33dEHXAcjvpyIru4ZzZYsSMEuqD1Ig129yZfyzEDeVedQ_ENMAkldnr3PeB264C64Vf5_QldgnorhjOH1tQOeNg6a23-ewcNmU0yf109JOgxF8/s320/July+2015+g+049+crop.jpg)
![Ohio carpenter bee on zinnia, Thursday, July 23, 2015, 6:35:57 PM](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifu7dhlQanQbh1gUgOwgMs2fimNDln-ptDVoccp9gS99_QD_7_1dQc3er18MhxW3WuKmyOj4sINfSJoOspTnciHb9cFg2wU9s5wG-jkpwt_u1XIPRHxv8eNTaUuXbjow322ys1-99o_uYX/s320/July+2015+g+009.jpg)
Update: I sometimes forget that Nature Notes is something you do in advance. This is my contribution to Nature Notes (#322). Here's a butterfly party down by Lake Siri:
![Lake Siri Butterfly Party, Monday, July 27, 2015, 6:09:41 PM](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOoy5zfnwslDinP-YkqdgEeyq_MXz7B8RbetcTvINGNr-gP2LZ7veGg_-IlaZKAUQAa2ayMz11PULGPjGjYf2OB1SFSxLtgNXSdLhQOQ-BuXR0KecWU0BwmlL2Zbitnc_AwcCmC0ZlwXHm/s320/July+2015+g+035.jpg)
![Black Swallowtail, Monday, July 27, 2015, 5:54:10 PM](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3I0wuDvrUjQmyz1bo3YIogVjUyKVcAiw2jLmKreA7PhrieaIlrXhVgEBLSmfw8HOxJZRuJxP5eLGUTjbM2z1UMNolqYtN1FCdf29D3HEkrdGRW8yOZC0i3w0NglCLFNEPSFSgbGZ8G0p/s320/July+2015+g+031+crop.jpg)
For Skywatch Friday - July 30, 2015 Edition, a pic from Cacapon Mountain looking over Berkeley Springs (you can't see the town because it's behind the foothills):
![from Cacapon Mountain looking south, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, 1:04:08 PM](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvu9Ln2zB8CraUAgpvrxz8Gb26SHxRlVfEPzQrYEJhVIQAgN5C-p9ox_7LiiifN7Ae_hvmpScJUn5I6LC7rYa7jM6_NENMZ_yvdXdZyXG0Wvgg7oAoFXsHaPBbxcCkd6OqMoLV0IewCtWp/s320/July+2015+g+062.jpg)
Also, looking north over Lake Siri at Cacapon Mountain:
![Lake Siri at Cacapon Mountain, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, 7:52:12 PM](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGI4p9OOEUCFs4d9ZUM1RFLchAWf3VX8prTIHkOlWBrwyL_7szMrsahY9pw2PJPvywYXuM_bY1gR_swUGI9hstJtuh8AsGkzZQ8EQVPzDpmcbIli8g9l3rabcI9X96YEgtjj51YueLNB8M/s320/July+2015+h+006.jpg)
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