Monday May 26, 2014
Tim works for a large corporation with a beautiful campus. I sometimes walk there on weekends. I did so today and had some nice surprises.

There's a pond on the property. Today I saw some dragonflies which were too quick for me to photograph. I managed to catch some damselflies - tiny Bluets - as they rested.


These two were taking advantage of a short sunbreak.
I sang a quiet chorus of Oh Canada when I saw these maple keys. They reminded me of my youth and the fun we'd have chucking the keys into the air to watch them helicopter downwards.


It was lovely to see the big daisies again.


These are my first Foxgloves of the year.
I watched an aerial DogBirdfight. The Hawk and the Crow were just little dots in the air. I laughed at these two pictures - it was as if the hawk had come to a screeching halt in the first one so that he could swing around and chase the crow.


Bumblebees were very busy in the wild roses.


Some bees didn't mind sharing.


This one took a chance on a Bittersweet Nightshade.


Western Tent Caterpillars live inside and outside their tents.


A wonderful Lorquin's Admiral Butterfly peeped out from the leaves.


He hung around for a while and posed nicely.


He even followed me for a little way.


I saw Sapsucker markings on a birch tree.

The curly birchbark also reminded me of my childhood. My sister and brother and I would peel strips of bark to take home. We tried to make little canoes out of it, to sail on Red Hill Creek. Sometimes we cut strips and flattened them to be used as book marks. I even tried to make a curly wig for a doll. (It didn't work.)

I am grateful that I still become excited by Nature, even after all these years. So it goes.

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