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Carolannie
@carolannie@c.im
1 settimana fa

Was looking at redosier dogwood (Cornus sericea) berries, was visited by this crane fly

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Was looking at redosier dogwood (Cornus sericea) berries, was visited by this crane fly

A cluster of round white dogwood berries droops down amid the bush's oval green leaves. There is a dead leaf on the ground, turning bright yellow. The leaf and berry stems are a somber red, which gets brighter in winter. A pale tan crane fly has landed on a green dogwood leaf. It has very long legs that reach out beyond its translucent, golden, veined wings, balancing it in the middle. Its body is long and looks very fragile.

#photography #nativeplants #seattlewashington #ourneighborhood #nativeplantsofthepnw #seattleparks #seattleautumn #sacajaweapark

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Carolannie
@carolannie@c.im
1 mese fa

Long hot summer... a walk in a droughty woods, with smoke filling the air; dried out rosehips: they're all that way now; curled up brown crispy maple

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Long hot summer... a walk in a droughty woods, with smoke filling the air; dried out rosehips: they're all that way now; curled up brown crispy maple leaves on boulder piles.

A small grassy clearing in a wooded trail is full of sere grasses and dry crispy leaves. The air is full of smoke. The trees are green, but they are dropping leaves on the trail. The sky is glaring white. It's early in the day but already hot. A cluster of bright red rosehips grows amid still - green leaves. Sadly, the hips are dry and leathery. Most of the berries around here are dry and often hard. I wonder how the birds will fare, because although most overwintering berries do get raisiny, they usually are soft, not dry nubbins like this year. Scattered dry crisp leaves on a stack of rough hewn gray granitic boulders. The leaves may look autumnal, but they are brown rather than yellow. They are crispy and friable, not flexible. It's depressing. And yes, that's smoke in the air.

#photography #seattlewashington #seattlesummer #seattleparks #droughts

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