New Longjohns

Thawing Relations

Red Squirrel; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Red Squirrel; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Rock Hazard

Some Doors Open Secrets

The Wish

Conehead

Black-capped Chickadee; Poecile atricapilla

Beginnings

A Fluffer's Challenge

Can't See the Forest for the Skin

Homeless for the Holidays

Ass Plays Peak

Under Autumn's Winter Blanket

A Wolf in Red Clothing

Aspirations

Trespassers Will Be Fucked

A Tap Away from Syrup

Another Golden Handshake

Sugar Maple; Acer saccharum

Duet

Red Maple; Acer rubrum

Timepiece

Red Maple; Acer rubrum

Voyeur's Vista

The Tease in Early Autumn Sun

Sacrifice

Web-d'oeuvre

A Treasured Handful

A Treasured Handful of Waning Summer Light

Frondship

The Lure of the Secret Shadowed Wood

A Splash of Rain

Great Northern Aster; Aster modestus

Great Northern Aster; Aster modestus

Ass Plays Moon

Dressed to Spill

Spiders in Space

In the Pink

Great Spangled Fritillary; Speyeria cybele

Great Spangled Fritillary; Speyeria cybele

Teasing the 'Straight' Farmhands

Tacit

A Butterfly Finds Elysium

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail; Papilio glaucus

I'm anthropomorphizing, but it struck me, to a butterfly, this might seem paradise.

An Entomologist's-eye View

Golden Northern Bumble Bee; Bombus fervidus

A Botanist's-eye View

Common Dandelion; Taraxacum officinale

A Bee Shy of a Berry

Woodland Strawberry; Fragaria vesca

Mind Where You Step

Early Blue Violet; Viola adunca

Survivor

White-tailed Deer; Odocoileus virginianus

It was a brutal winter and I've been concerned regarding the paucity of deer this spring. They usually show up in March when, most years, the snow begins to melt from the meadows. I finally saw tracks a couple of days ago, and this morning, was treated to this sight.

A Handsome Cheek

Eastern Chipmunk; Tamias striatus

Eastern Chipmunk; Tamias striatus

The Long Goodbye

Lichen Spring

Lipstick Cladonia; Cladonia macilenta

False Pixie Cup; Cladonia chlorophaea

Feather Dust-up

Dark-eyed Junco; Junco hyemalis

Bare Bottom Snow Removal