Archives: August 2008

Sun Aug 31, 2008

teazel



in the ditch just down the street

Posted by: Tom on Aug 31, 08 | 1:53 am | Profile

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Sat Aug 30, 2008

cattails



Posted by: Tom on Aug 30, 08 | 3:30 am | Profile

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Fri Aug 29, 2008

groundhog



yesterday at oxbow

Posted by: Tom on Aug 29, 08 | 1:11 am | Profile

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Thu Aug 28, 2008

muskrat






elkhart river, oxbow county park

i don't know if this is true or not
after all i read it at wikipedia .....


In the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit, there is a longstanding dispensation allowing Catholics to consume muskrat on Ash Wednesday and the Fridays of Lent when the eating of meat, except for fish, is prohibited. Because the muskrat lives in water it is considered a fish in this case.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskrat


Posted by: Tom on Aug 28, 08 | 1:59 am | Profile

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Wed Aug 27, 2008

viceroy





today at oxbow

some useless trivia, the viceroy
is the state butterfly of kentucky


Posted by: Tom on Aug 27, 08 | 3:06 am | Profile

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the birds and bees




Posted by: Tom on Aug 27, 08 | 3:03 am | Profile

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Tue Aug 26, 2008

fly



Posted by: Tom on Aug 26, 08 | 3:49 am | Profile

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Mon Aug 25, 2008

frog



oxbow

Posted by: Tom on Aug 25, 08 | 3:45 am | Profile

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Sun Aug 24, 2008

bee



Posted by: Tom on Aug 24, 08 | 3:44 am | Profile

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Sat Aug 23, 2008

if the shoe fits ....



for every ailment under the sun
there is a remedy, or there is none;
if there be one, try to find it;
if there be none, never mind it.

(m. goose 1695)

Posted by: Tom on Aug 23, 08 | 3:43 pm | Profile

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Fri Aug 22, 2008

gruesome



dead man's curve, it's no place to play
dead man's curve, you must keep away
dead man's curve, i can hear 'em say
won't come back from dead man's curve

jan and dean

Posted by: Tom on Aug 22, 08 | 6:22 pm | Profile

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Thu Aug 21, 2008

fine art



Posted by: Tom on Aug 21, 08 | 3:50 pm | Profile

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Wed Aug 20, 2008

working

i'm working in holland michigan will be home friday night

Posted by: Tom on Aug 20, 08 | 1:57 am | Profile

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Tue Aug 19, 2008

spotted at my mom's



this is my mom's salamander, it lives
in a terrarium in her living room, she
just fed it a worm




found by mom's chair



Posted by: Tom on Aug 19, 08 | 1:42 am | Profile

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Mon Aug 18, 2008

sunday at the michigan renaissance festival



washing well wenches



ded bob


with my sister

michigan renaissance festival

Posted by: Tom on Aug 18, 08 | 12:11 am | Profile

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Sun Aug 17, 2008

jumping spider



on our deck

Posted by: Tom on Aug 17, 08 | 2:18 am | Profile

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Sat Aug 16, 2008

raccoon track



oxbow park

Posted by: Tom on Aug 16, 08 | 2:23 am | Profile

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moth



oxbow

Posted by: Tom on Aug 16, 08 | 2:14 am | Profile

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Fri Aug 15, 2008

northern water snake




yesterday at oxbow

Posted by: Tom on Aug 15, 08 | 1:20 am | Profile

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Thu Aug 14, 2008

groundhog in tree



at oxbow (sassafras tree)

Posted by: Tom on Aug 14, 08 | 1:15 am | Profile

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Wed Aug 13, 2008

fawn



today at oxbow

Posted by: Tom on Aug 13, 08 | 1:14 am | Profile

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Tue Aug 12, 2008

wasp nest



oxbow county park

lets blindfold bush and let
him hit the piņata


Posted by: Tom on Aug 12, 08 | 1:20 am | Profile

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Mon Aug 11, 2008

raccoon



oxbow park, i don't know what this young
raccoon was doing out in the day light i snapped
the shutter six times this is the best i got


lol -- so i can't spell but in this case it was just my
going to fast, i do know shudder from shutter ...

Posted by: Tom on Aug 11, 08 | 11:33 pm | Profile

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Sun Aug 10, 2008

butterfly



i believe this is a black swallowtail
but i could be wrong (today at oxbow)




Posted by: Tom on Aug 10, 08 | 12:48 am | Profile

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Sat Aug 09, 2008

heron with fish



i walked today along the mill race trail
in goshen, the picture was taken just
below the dam (elkhart river)


Posted by: Tom on Aug 09, 08 | 3:28 pm | Profile

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Fri Aug 08, 2008

d.h. day barns




david henry day

these barns are some of the most
photographed structures in michigan


Posted by: Tom on Aug 08, 08 | 2:17 am | Profile

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Thu Aug 07, 2008

turkey vulture



good harbor bay, sleeping bear dunes national lakeshore

like its stork relatives, the turkey vulture
often defecates on its own legs, using the
evaporation of the water in the feces to cool
itself down.


i did not know that
all about birds cornell.edu


Posted by: Tom on Aug 07, 08 | 3:57 am | Profile

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Wed Aug 06, 2008

wood duck



oxbow park

Posted by: Tom on Aug 06, 08 | 3:22 pm | Profile

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Tue Aug 05, 2008

dragonfly



oxbow county park

Posted by: Tom on Aug 05, 08 | 3:19 pm | Profile

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Sun Aug 03, 2008

turkey



benzie county michigan

Posted by: Tom on Aug 03, 08 | 3:38 pm | Profile

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Sat Aug 02, 2008

fawn flowers



empire michigan

Posted by: Tom on Aug 02, 08 | 4:47 am | Profile

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Fri Aug 01, 2008

sunset



sleeping bear dunes

Posted by: Tom on Aug 01, 08 | 5:10 am | Profile

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