Garden March 08

frog's view of garden

green frog

bullfrog in ivy



yellow belly browsing lower section

April 1st garden
Above, emerging perennials and bulbs in the early garden and porch plants. Below, is our front yard Lady Banks rose, which has climbed our pecan trees and turned to face south toward our backyard.
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Yates Mill album

Yates Mill pond

Yates Mill Pond Skink

Crabtree Creek Levels - Hodge Road

Sequential pictures showing different creek levels at Hodge Rd and Atlantic Ave.

Above and below, November 09.

Above and below, view from Hodge Rd. greenway shelter under RR Mar 09.

Hodge Rd. RR bridge 3-2-09

Gar Hole" March 2, 09 after snow.

Post-Hannah, 9/6/08, this was as close as I could get to the spot seen below.

After Hannah on Sept. 6, 2008, this was the walkway to get to the spots seen below.

Above: my "gar hole" with young slider on 6-20-07. Below is the same spot after two good inches of rain on 12-31-07.

Hodge Road Greenway, scraped after flooding.

Hodge RR bridge 12-31-07

Hodge RR bridge 3-24-07

View from Hodge Rd RR bridge 12-31-07

View from Hodge Rd. RR bridge5-25-07

View from Hodge Rd. RR bridge 3-24-07

Mistletoe Sightings

This bunch overhangs Oakwood Avenue at Cook Street.

off Wake Forest Road

Buckeye Greenway

above & below: Edenton and Dawson

The Fletcher Pumpkin Project

We took a huge pumpkin donated for the front door of the school at Thanksgiving and let it rest in the leaf pile. Over the next several months, we watched and celebrated it's passage into compost. We did get a few scraggly vines that produced one grapefruit sized pumpkin the next season from this leaf pile.

Pumpkin 1

Pumpkin 2

Pumpkin 3

Pumpkin 4

Pumpkin 5

Soil profile at Computer Drive off Six Forks

Edna Metz Park

The day before I got my new tripod (I'm a hardworking novice with this camera) I caught this bird bathing. Over the years, I have often witnessed hominids bathing in the pool below. Edna Metz Park is a true haven for the weary.

Edna Metz is a wonderful urban amenity tucked into Cameron park just below Cameron Village shopping center.

This tulip tree (often called yellow poplar but not a poplar at all- a relative of magnolias with huge blossoms) is my record inside the beltline.

This lovely little creek is part of the streamwatch program. Good thing, I guess, because the upstream pool above is often orange with fertilizer algae blooms in the summer!

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