Goodness!

Saturday and Sunday saw such a wealth of experience that it's taking me longer than expected to write of today. So, in the meantime, enjoy these photographs taken the previous Saturday (July 11th) at the Adams County Fairgrounds and nature preserve. The magic canopy cottonwood is doing well, and to my joy the necklace I gave it last year is still there and covered with soft fuzzy white webs. It's nice that it's been undisturbed. Jay found a pristine red-tailed hawk feather on the ground just outside the tree's leafy canopy. We needed to pause after foraging through an overgrown field to pick weeds and burrs from our socks, pant legs, and shoes. As we're on a bench doing so, wouldn't you know it--a bald eagle glides directly above us! By the time we got the camera ready it was too late.

Jay was my photo facilitator for the day. Praise his mad skillz, yo.

Wildflowers

We've had so much rain this spring and summer that it seems the very dirt is in bloom. The flowers have been spectacular.

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More wildflowers... lovely.

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American White Pelican, Eastern Kingbird, and more birds.

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A robin darting between prairie dog holes.
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A bright yellow oriole among the branches.
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A dove high above.
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Dragonflies and a butterfly or moth.

There was a dazzling amount of dragonflies and small white (and a few beige, like the one pictured) butterflies all over. It was like something out of a fairytale.

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The magic canopy cottonwood tree.

It felt good to visit my friend. It's been nearly a year.

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Mountains, the river, cactus on the riverbank, looking behind, sparkly lake surface, clouds.

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