16 degrees and raining at the start.
Northern Flicker
Botany Highlight: Arrow-leaved Aster
Arrow-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum urophyllum)
Arrow-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum urophyllum)
Arrow-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum urophyllum)
Species list: northern flicker, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, blue jay, house sparrow, northern cardinal. (6 species)
English Garden Snail
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
Beggar-ticks (Bidens frondosa)
Queen-Anne’s-lace (Daucus carota)
Red Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
Sky-blue Aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense)
Miles Hearn
NATURE POETRY
September fattens on vines. Roses
flake from the wall. The smoke
of harmless fires drifts to my eyes.
This is plenty. This is more than enough.
– Geoffrey Hill (1932–2016)