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So I did go out to grocery shop yesterday, but since the water was almost too hot on Thursday night, I flaked on going to the pool this weekend. Not a lot done, but thank you so much to my friends who help me to not feel too bad about that.

Here's some critters I've seen by the lake over the past month for you:


I believe that is an American Painted Lady butterfly.

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Happy Birthday to two very wonderful hobbit folk, my dear friend jan_u_wine and addie71!!! I hope it is a fine one and you have a great long birthday weekend! Here's some pretties and critters in your honor I saw the past week:


Mountain laurels--opening a little late this year due to our cold rainy May until this week.


A very mellow frog I saw today who wanted to send birthday greetings along.

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It's unusually warm today for March--upper 70's. So when I took a walk around Greenbelt Lake on my lunch break, I expected I'd see these guys emerge: But I didn't expect to see this adorable garter snake already in the season: ( Read more... ) Also posted at http://lavendertook.dreamwidth.org/193762.html with comments

I saw 3 snakes down by the lake in May. I believe they are all eastern rat snakes. They are nonvenomous, as are all the snakes in these parts, excepting the copperhead, which I haven't seen around here. They could still give you a bite if you step on or handle them, which I wouldn't presume to do. Poor things were scared enough. I wasn't quite as close as my macro lense makes it look, so if you're a worrier, don't worry.


This young rat snake was a little over a half inch in diameter and 2 to 3 feet long. Ze was stretched across the path between the back parking lots of the fire station and St Hugh's Church, holding still and hoping I would mistake hir for a wavy stick, which I did at first. I love how this snake is stretched out and yet evenly kinked along hir whole length. Such a cute wave. And ze has a lovely oil slick pearlescent sheen in the sun.

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