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Day 238: Picnic visitor and view
Today was my department’s annual fall picnic. My group was in charge of organizing the picnic, so we got to the site early to set up. This pup lives about 0.25 miles away, but spent the entire afternoon at the … Continue reading
Day 237: Birds!
There were a ton of birds on one of the fields I pass on the bus on the way to school:
Day 236: Sky
Another lovely Illinois sun/sky/clouds photo:
Day 234: Mini Park
Champaign Park District has a cute mini-park that my bus passes daily:
Day 230: Nantucket Swans
There were a ton of swans on Hummock Pond this year.
Day 228: Nantucket sunset
It was raining this evening and we weren’t sure if there was going to be a nice sunset. It seemed unlikely when we returned home from dinner to very cloudy skies. Luckily, the clouds started breaking as the sun was … Continue reading
Day 227: Nantucket Sky
Nantucket is famous (at least in our family) for its awesome skies. We call them “Illya Skies” after our favorite artist, Illya Kagan.
Day 222: Plant lurker
Noticed this guy in one of my hanging baskets while I was watering today. I think it’s a young cicada type thing:
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Day 220: Shimmer
This fly(?) was dead on our carpet when I got home from school. But it was so beautiful that I couldn’t resist taking it outside to photograph.
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Day 216: Butterfly
This beautiful butterfly seemed to enjoy the flowers in my garden this afternoon. I’ve also recently seen hummingbirds in the garden.
Day 210: The prize
These ants are h-a-p-p-y and will soon be full
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Day 207: Silhouette
Before I cropped it, this photo actually showed a cool cloud formation… but I decided I liked the silhouetted leaves better.
Day 205: Blustery
It was quite windy today as you might be able to tell from the pine tree and blurriness of the smoke bush:
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Day 204: Egret
We had a visitor to our pond today:
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Day 200: Holy humidity, batman
The weather has been disgusting the last two days… and the heat and humidity are supposed to continue for the rest of the week. It was so humid that we had condensation on our big window (and we keep the … Continue reading
Day 197: Nature
Saw this crazy guy on my flowers today: And this lovely sky at the dog park:
Day 191: Clearwater sunset
As part of the conference, we headed to Clearwater beach for a sunset dinner. So pretty:
Day 190: Tampa storm
I am in Tampa for a few days for the Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors (AEESP) Conference. On the shuttle from the airport to the hotel, I could see a storm in the distance:
Day 184: Fireworks foiled
These storm clouds started rolling in about 30 minutes before the fireworks in Nashville, IN were set to go off– we hightailed it out of there before the storm came, though.
Day 183: Moth
My mom actually took this photo, but since I have a very similar one from my phone (and therefore, lower quality), I stole her’s for the blog. We saw this moth on our way in to dinner at the Story … Continue reading
