Some yarrow coming up along the northern, downslope side of the disturbed area in the north field.
Erigeron annuus, a plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae. This one was in the soggy area downhill of the geothermal install in the north field. Many others around the place in soggy areas.
Katie spotted these wild strawberries, I'd walked right by them. They are hiding in the grass. I went back later to gather some and noticed the deer had visited in the meantime, getting all the big ones on top.
The northeast corner of the workshop is another place that needs deepening and widening. Heaver rain that this will bring water inside. Two isssues here, first is that thing that looks like a pipe. That's a eunoymous (winter creeper) vine root! Second is that the whole channel down this north side of the workshop needs to be wider and deeper also. sloped so that it can be mowed easily.
None of these are good enough, cell phone focus too hard to work in bright sunlight. Wanted to show clipping the fruit clusters down to 1 or 2 each.
Northwest corner of Tai Chi Area 1 from the northwest.
almost buried by the ragweed, wild lettuce and such, the daylilly nevertheless is blooming.
Two kinds of grass, both ripe now in mid June, Only a few of this kind.
This pretty looking vine seems to be lost. There's an oak another few inches out of the frame to the left, but it's poking around to the southwest instead of checking out east.
Storm moving off to the northeast
Had never seen this before. Only the one leaf had this. In a corner of the west side of the house where it gets really hot in the afternoon.
Butterfly and red clover and sun
For many years, the scientific way to collect butterflies was to catch them with a net, kill them and carefully mount them in climate controlled viewing boxes. I have seen some truly amazing collections of the incredibly varied insect population around the world. However, I have no desire to kill and pin butterflies into a specimen display case. I'd rather try to get a decent photograph. Although my father and his twin brother were consummate butterfly collectors in their day, I'm sure both would welcome the ease with with a decent photograph can be taken with a cell phone.
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