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they've actually been at this for a while. I had been trying to hold off on photographing them but one can sustain such resolutions only for so long ...
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one glance at these flowers and another at our state flag should suffice to make the connection clear: the Black-Eyed Susan is our State Flower, a choice that must have been easy based on its colouration.
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I don't believe this one is making any great effort to escape; the fence around these grounds was built to contain a resident dog. the cottage backs onto the Circle but fronts onto Acorn Lane, the vantage point for this image.
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if you have tired of the past few days' glut of yellow day lily images from 2nd Avenue there's good news: last night the deer came and ate all of them but one -- no doubt they'll be back for it shortly. chomped-off stalks are visible in the background of the first image.
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I have this guilty feeling that by posting these images in this space it could have hastened the lilies' demise. for all I know the deer are online and pointing their browsers here in order to scout out gardens to ravage. I certainly wouldn't put it past them.
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for starters, I'm going out on a taxonomic limb to label these thistles, however tentatively, as C. arvense or Canada thistle.
the flowers of 1½ weeks ago are now launching seeds into the wind for dispersal; the goldfinches have also been feeding on them which is certain to further that processes.
it's a noxious weed and an invasive species, certified as such by our state and federal governments. nonetheless it's hard to hold the grudge so thoroughly when one of the seeds comes drifting by on a light breeze.
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this one didn't get very far.
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