Comments | rubyelf: Pictures of the Outside World...

rubyelf

Pictures of the Outside World...

Sep 26, 2015 20:41

Fall isn't quite here yet, even with the colder nights... the trees are holding onto summer as long as they possibly can. I don't know why I'm so hungry for the colors and sounds of fall this year, because fall means winter and winter's lockdown on the Great Lakes is relentless and harsh, but I am desperately craving the flares of orange and red ( Read more... )

photography, science, nature, pictures, fungi

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moth2fic September 27 2015, 08:49:03 UTC

So lovely! I've arrived in our Lake District on a week's holiday wih relatives and will try to take some similar photos! I'm online but might not be around very much - depends what everybody wants to do!!

rubyelf September 27 2015, 13:41:05 UTC

I hope you enjoy your holiday!

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rubyelf September 27 2015, 13:41:51 UTC

I've been watching that tree for a while just because it's interesting to chronicle the damage that they do to one particular tree over time... although maybe not everyone finds such things as worthy of documenting as I do...

annabelle50 September 27 2015, 13:59:53 UTC

I saw a tree like that on one of my walks. Every other tree around it was untouched, but this one specific tree was full of holes.

rubyelf September 27 2015, 14:16:55 UTC

It means that there's some kind of insect living in the tree that woodpeckers are desperate to get at... sometimes it's a colony of ants, but I don't think it is here. Often it's a bunch of beetle grubs making tunnels in the wood.

darkest_diary September 27 2015, 14:47:12 UTC

Very pretty! I love the pictures, I wish the lake by my house was more secluded like yours, it looks so peaceful there. :)

rubyelf September 27 2015, 14:54:24 UTC

It is very peaceful. The trade-off is that we are half an hour from the nearest place to buy groceries.

(It's worth it)

vjezkova September 27 2015, 19:54:05 UTC

I almost missed your nature post!
Now I am here. Autumn lake is beautiful it the sunshine.
I like the coloured leaves, little asters and ferns. Trees - these are always magnificent, alive or dead.

rubyelf September 27 2015, 22:52:59 UTC

Well, it wasn't a very EXCITING nature post... :)

Hopefully there will be some gorgeous fall things soon!

vjezkova September 28 2015, 06:41:18 UTC

:-) Nothing exciting here either. Trees are still mostly green, the true South-Bohemian autumn is still to come. I am not in a hurry, I like this relatively mild weather. Yesterday it was even sunny...mmmmmm!!!!
And - no mushrooms after that drought, at least not where I usually go.
But I know that you will have gorgeous photos soon. I look forward to your post!

froganon September 30 2015, 04:32:39 UTC

Great pictures! I love the fall days!