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Somebody once said that once you have seen one sunset picture you have seen them all. I think that may have been me. So I determined, against veterinarian orders, to brave the afternoon sun rather than wait until evening. Mad dogs, etc. Suitably attired, I ventured out into the mid-October sunshine, mildly surprised—no pun intended—to find that the temperature was 65°F (18.3°C) according to the reports I checked later. It felt warmer and 75°F (23.9°C) is forecast for tomorrow. The cap I was wearing did more duty as a lens hood than it did as a solar radiation protector, seemingly without incident in either usage. First order of business was to revisit the grasses I had photographed earlier in the week: how had I missed those flowers?

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I decided today would be natural history day with as few meteorological images as possible

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This plant was crawling with wasps and that large green beetle would have been a close-up but I could not physically get any closer.

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If that is Winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) Wikipedia says it will be ready to harvest in early July. Really? That long?

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The heilk moon was too good to pass up, even with the overhead clutter. OK?

 

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