Field Day was celebrated today...in the field.
The committee had been preparing for this event all week--decorating and publicizing it widely.
Volunteers have been tidying up...
or setting up for the
games...
or supervising cleaning crews.
Some attending were dressed in their finest.
Soon, it was packed, standing room only.
Crowd control had its hands full.
Reinforcements were called.
The day concluded with sparklers and fireworks.
Come along in Red Canoe as she explores the quiet backwater of Ohio's State Parks and the scenic streams and rivers of the Midwest. Discover the beauty hidden beyond the water's edge, quietly waiting, past access points, often only inches deep!
Come browse my photography site, Nature Remains: nothing but a photograph, for full-page slide shows of my favorite images and opportunities to purchase them.
In Spring of 2008, I began the study of 2 vernal pools on my property as part of the Ohio Vernal Pool Partnership monitoring program.
My 2008 journal includes the first photos and findings, as I studied this fascinating wetland area just a few steps beyond my backdoor...
2009 photos and findings,
2010,... again!
Now, 4 years later, another season is just days away!
Travel beyond the Midwest has taken me to some beautiful places. Usually off the beaten track, these places are WILD!
Acadia National Park
New River Nature Festival
Olympic National Park
Pictured Rocks and the UP
Voyageurs National Park
(click on the text above each photo for a quick get-away)
A regularly appearing feature, "Have you seen..." takes a closer, more patient look at things usually not seen in a flattering light.
Take a look!
Each spring, as winter lessens its grip and days warm with the first fragrant breezes of a new season, we collect sap from our Sugar Maples and produce just enough syrup for ourselves for the coming year.
The progress of this year's backyard endeavor is illustrated here.
Summer 2008, the tiny jewel of the avian world, a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, nested just feet from my front door. Pictures of her nest and the changing lives within are collected in this journal.
From life the size of a pea....
Cats that come to stay
(click on the text above each photo for stories in these collections)
11 comments:
WOW!!!
I love each photo.
I am smitten.
Thank you,
Sherry
This post is so fun and creative!
What is that beautiful butterfly- do you know?
Looks like Lynne said it for me - how creative you were with your descriptions. Thanks for sharing.
Clever!
I'm with Lynne. What is that beautiful butterfly?
I'm having a hard time figuring out the butterfly. It looks like it will be a Papilionidae of some sort? But so many seem to have dark/bluish female versions, I can't really tell. Swallowtails have 4 tribes-- Look at them all!!
http://home.att.net/~bret69/
And, actually, the little brown guy on the flower above is pretty cool, too.
Butterflies confound me. If one is called an "Orange" sulphur, why do they sometimes come in white, yellow or green????
Love the field day. Very clever.
BRILLIANT !!
And why are they all there ? Maybe to hear Madam Butterfly .--Oh to be a lilliputian and join in the fun of Field Day.
Nina- I got a little obsessed about you gorgeous butterfly and I think I found it- www.cirrusimage.com/butterfly_rspotpurple.htm
Red-spotted Purple. What do you think? Really, that's the prettiest butterfly I've ever seen.
sorry-can't make the link work
That's it! A red-spotted purple, Limenitis arthemis.
Thanks--and I like that site--I'm trying to figure out a dragonfly now--it's always something, isn't it??
Beautiful field day story, Nina! I'm glad you were able to ID that butterfly. That photo is excellent.
Hi Nina I've been catching up on your blogs, and this one is delightful!
I've seen that butterfly before, and I'm so glad you were able to ID him. Will save the links you and Lynne posted! That photo is beautiful (the others are too!)
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