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Just a few shots from weekend walks outdoors. And there’s also a video down below. But, first, the pretty things.<\/p>\n

The sun silhouetted the trees and I further polarized the lens with a pair of cheap sunglasses. <\/p>\n

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The photos of which are never as cool, somehow, as what you’re seeing through the glasses themselves, but still fun nonetheless.<\/p>\n

I thought this was a bit of toadflax, or hairy skullcap (that’s actually a wildflower name, yes) but now I think it could be any number of other things. I’m going with downy lobelia (Lobelia puberula<\/em>).<\/p>\n

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And that is why when I did the last wildflower post I made the joke about failing hilariously at plant identification.<\/p>\n

I’m not even going to try, here. Let’s just admire the contrasting colors.<\/p>\n

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I’m guessing this is some genus of Persicaria<\/em>, or smartweed. There are 30-some species in that group. One of them has to be this color, right?<\/p>\n

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I feel comfortable with this one, it’s white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima<\/em>):<\/p>\n

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I was rather surprised to find honeysuckle blooming this late in the year. I was pleased. It should bloom more. And, if not, this should be a sign of the new spring. It is almost springtime, right?<\/p>\n

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Look at this Yellow wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia<\/em>), so full of life and promise:<\/p>\n

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Your standard issue bunch of goldenrod. <\/p>\n

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On our Sunday walk I heard this doe before I saw her. I don’t think that happens very often. She stood and stared for a long time, and let me get within about 15 feet before she calmly walked off. <\/p>\n

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I did not see the deer that was with her, which had stayed very still, until they both walked away. <\/p>\n

We had a big video chat this evening with a Pulitzer Prize winner. Elizabeth Kolbert joined us via Zoom as part of the fall 2021 Themester, “Resilience.” Her Prize-winning book \u2014 The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History<\/a>, covers mass extinctions She has a new book, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future<\/a>, which was released a bit earlier this year. <\/p>\n

The interview went well, after it got started. I’ve queued it to the beginning. <\/p>\n