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New Year's Day 2018
Frost-capped Eagle Mountain and Bell Knob, from Hamilton Gardens
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Two weeks later, a similarly glazed Eagle Mtn, from our deck
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A spectacular January post-sunset sky, from the deck.
It looked like the horizon was on fire!
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The very next evening, an equally impressive sky.
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A more subdued, but still beautiful, sunset, this one from February.
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I see a bad moon a-rising...
March 1, 2018
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Early March - A beautiful afternoon for our first outdoor fire of the season.
By the time the sun was setting, the temperature had dropped considerably, and I was letting the fire burn out,
but there was nice light highlighting the ridge across from our house. Eagle Mountain is at the center horizon.
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Not the greatest image (dang twig!) but it's my first of a Bald Eagle on the lake.
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Dandelion flower gone to seed...
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Beautiful Eastern Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis), at dusk
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Elaine's beebalm really outdid itself this year!
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Teeny, tiny mushrooms growing on old hickory nuts in our yard...
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A monster of a Mullein - about 9 feet tall!
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A water droplet nestled in a Lupine leaflet
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An assortment of insect critters seen around the house and yard:
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Luna Moth
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Saddleback caterpillar (Acharia stimulea)
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Praying Mantis
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Caterpillar of Definite Tussock Moth (Orgyia definita)
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Yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia) and its zig-zag web
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Caterpillar of the Sycamore Tussock Moth (Halysidota harrisii)
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Large Tolype Moth (Tolype velleda)
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Marbled Orbweaver (Araneus marmoreus)
Also known as the Hallowe'en or Pumpkin Spider.
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Nice hornet nest, built on a witch hazel tree in our yard...
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Black Rat Snake (Pantherophis spiloides)
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Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
(Both of these snakes were near the creek below our house...)
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Some cool mushrooms - Mica Caps (Coprinellus micaceus, syn. Coprinellus sect. Micacei)
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Cattle and foliage - just down the road
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Reflections in a pond, Tusquitee Range rising in background
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Julie Knob, in the Tusquitee Range
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Our neighborhood, from Low Gap
We live on a ridge roughly at the middle of the left half of this image...
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A foggy morning - the woods across our driveway...
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Cascades on the creek below our house
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Batbox hung - hopeful for some tenants in the spring...
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An interesting early December sunset, from Jump-off Ridge
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The day after Christmas, on Lake Chatuge
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