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<\/a>\nSo we ate them as we walked.<\/p>\n
We picked three butternut squashes that were still on the vine, even thought their color wasn’t very hopeful looking.\u00a0 But the vine leaves were dying so it made sense to pick them.<\/p>\n
I snapped a few foliage shots<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n I checked the Montauk daisies and they had bloomed.<\/p>\n I went over and checked the wolfbane and sure enough it was opening.<\/p>\n Then we went by the wall and I took a shot of the opened seed pods of the milkweed<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And then on a whim Camera Girl checked under one of our reptile and amphibian tins and even though almost nothing showed up there all year except for crickets she found this. So today was much better than yesterday and my mood is much improved.\u00a0 Insect overlords, do your worst!<\/p>\n Oh and here’s a song I found.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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\nThat’s the only spotted salamander I can remembering finding all year. She really has a knack for finding good stuff out of nowhere.\u00a0 In May I will have known Camera Girl for fifty years.\u00a0 And our association has been very satisfactory.\u00a0 I applaud her parents for raising such an excellent daughter.\u00a0 I hazard to say that she is one in many millions in term of her qualities.\u00a0 And not just at finding spotted salamanders!<\/p>\n