Milk snake. Non-poisonous. Eats mice like popcorn. Good for the garden and the house.
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So this may be too close for comfort!
Mike
Flame me if I've posted this image before.
I know I've posted this actual bird before - it's a great poser!
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Bowl made from a large black cherry tree that fell in 2020. My pal Jeff the cabinetmaker gave a chunk to his colleague for turning, and then he did the finish work. Great gift.
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Here's Jeff after we got an 800+lbs piece from that tree into his van.
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Plantation Redwoods - Otway Forest, Victoria Australia
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Near Trinidad, CA (Humboldt County)
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front yard agave, for this species one flower and the plant dies, this flower sits atop a bare 5' dying stem/stalk
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The Rose Garden. Schenectady Central Park.
Maintained by a gang of volunteers.
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Sooty Tern - Lord Howe Island
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^ OR, you're knocking it out of the park with these pics. Keep 'em coming. Just breathtaking.
Island Trader, Lord Howe Island
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Mount Washington Road, MA...
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Even with the recent bear abuse, the swallows made it. Tough birds. Very determined. Two kids now out and on the wing.
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edit: Horrible photo but a document for a nice memory.
We finally made it out to Taliesin East. I think it was perhaps appropriate that we visited after we have gained a greater appreciation of the Prairie architecture style (not difficult to do when there are many good examples in Madison)
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RW- looks like Hogwarts
Carnegie Music Hall (foyer) Pittsburgh ca 1895...niece's wedding reception on Saturday. Andy would be proud as there was a bagpiper too.
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