Who thinks of dried seed heads falling and covering the ground in the spring? The red maple tree provides its own version of autumn leaves but wearing unique pink colors that could only be found in the spring.
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Waterlines
Waterlines are magical and so soothing. Breathe.
Joy of cherry blossoms!
Look what I found behind an old barn at the back of a field! So overwhelmed by the beauty of such incredible masses of cherry blossoms I forgot to take a photo of the snowfall of white petals swirling around me and blanketing the ground. You’ll just have to imagine!
Forsythia sings a lovely spring song!
Forsythia blossoms sing a lovely spring song as they wave a sunny goodbye to winter!
What butterfly flew by?
No idea what caused the ripples until my husband asked, “What butterfly flew by?”
Having a ball!
Sycamores are full of balls, waiting for a curious bird to break them apart and a warm wind to carry their seeds to new homes. So many balls! You would think the world would be covered with sycamore trees by now!
US ARMY bi-plane!
Surprised to see a US ARMY bi-plane flying directly over us!
Blackbirds gather in the afternoon
Grackles gather in the afternoon, filling the treetops! Winter is coming! I call them pepper birds because they sprinkle like pepper across the sky!
In a whirr of grackle wings and calls, they are off to their next stop!
Make a wish!
Is there anything more magical than a dandelion seed head? Make a wish and blow! Fireworks turn into umbrellas and next spring your golden wishes will pop up, spreading sunshine everywhere!
Gaff rigged schooner in summer haze
This gaff rigged schooner is an enlargement of a long shot thru a telescope. Not very clear but so lovely! Per Wikipedia, for those of you who know something about sailing:
Gaff rig[1] is a sailing rig (configuration of sails, mast and stays) in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar (pole) called the gaff. Because of the size and shape of the sail, a gaff rig will have running backstays rather than permanent backstays.
The gaff enables a fore and aft sail to be four sided, rather than triangular. A gaff rig typically carries 25 percent more sail than an equivalent bermudian rig for a given hull design.[2]
A sail hoisted from a gaff is called a gaff-rigged (or, less commonly, gaff rigged or gaffrigged) sail.[3]
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