A medium sized chestnut colored dog with a black muzzle, has an owie on her head and 3 staples. She is, as you can tell, so embarrassed that she will not tell us what happened.

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Day 120
This is my last post until June 1. I am taking the month of May away from social media and most news. I will continue taking photos and will share some when I return from my social media break. May the fourth be with you.

This plant has a number of common names cancer root and bear corn are two of them. Like a number of other non-chlorophyll plants it is a parasite. This one grows on oak tree roots. I have looked at these plants for years but just noticed today that these cream colored flowers seem to be growing in a Fibonacci pattern like pineapples, sunflowers, and pine cones. I need to do some research. 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ....

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Day 119
Is there a Fibonacci sequence in the Conopholis americana?

This is a photo of an a well maintained brick building in a nearby town. There are several elements that work well together to make it pleasing.

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Day 114
Cornice, brackets, running bond, lintels, mullions, sills

In 2017 we had a storm that damaged many sections of our neighbor's and our woods. During that time the forest began the process of succession. Fast growing trees that had seeds in the soil just waiting for the right amount of light to start growing have done that in the intervening years. If you zoom in on this photo you will see there are hundreds of of pencil sized Tulip-poplar trees in this very small area. They are 3' to 5' (1m to 1.5m) in height now.

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Day 117
This is not a pencil tree farm. (see the alt. text for explanation)

Leaves of three Let them be. A poison ivy vine is growing on a fallen tree.

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Day 116
Not every green thing is welcome in the spring.

The green maple leaves and pink samaras, which as a kid I called helicopters, stand out against a blurry background.

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Day 115
Red maple leaves and maturing samaras

The Devil's Walking Stick (Aralia spinosa) is a small understory tree in the Indiana woods. It is well protected by thick, short, sharp thorns. It produces all its foliage at the very top of the plant. More information can be found at this URL. https://www.pfw.edu/native-trees/devils-walkingstick

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Day 114
Devil's Walking Stick

The Redbud trees are beginning to leaf out and so are all of the other trees. That means the Redbuds are losing their flowers.

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Day 113
Redbud flowers and Hickory leaves

A hoodoo has been weather into a shape that when viewed from one side looks like the imperious Queen Victoria. From other vantages it doesn't look like anything other than a rock tower. "Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl, but she doesn't have a lot to say "Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl, but she changes from day to day "I wanna tell her that I love her a lot, but I gotta get a belly full of wine "Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl, someday, I'm gonna make her mine, oh yeah "Someday, I'm gonna make her mine" Her Majesty - The Beatles

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Day 109
A photo of the Queen Victoria hoodoo taken on this day one year ago in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.

The vibrant green and feathery edges of a newly emerged American Beech tree's leaves are in the center of this photo. They have spent months folded origami-like in the brown husks until yesterday and today. The thing a photo can not show you about these beautiful leaves is how they feel. They are so soft. They are as soft as a baby's cheek.

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Day 111
This photo of a Beech tree leaf cannot show you my favorite thing about it.

The pink-lavender flowers of a lilac bush are in the center of the photo. Its leaves and a gray fence are the background. A lilac bush grew beside the window of the bedroom I shared with my brother. When its blooms filled our room with their wonderful smell, I knew the school year was nearly over. Much later, as a Terry Pratchett fan, they became special for other reasons.

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Day 110
Lilacs are a special flower.

This is a photo taken in the Bartholomew County war memorial. The limestone towers are inscribed with the names of county residents who died in service. Through two of the 25 the towers, people can be seen protesting the fascism that many of the memorialized people died fighting.

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Day 109
Patriots

There are 9 turtles of at least 2 species sunning on a half submerged log in the lower part of the photo. The wind is rippling the pond in the upper part of the photo creating wavy reflections of the sky and trees.

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Day 108
Catch'n some rays

From the sidings to the carvings there are many interesting architectural details on an old house.

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Day 107
Architectural details on an old house.

The green leaves, pink buds, and white blossoms are in the center of this photo. Grass and garden plantings are in the out of focus background. Judging by the number of blossoms on the tree there is going to be a bumper crop.

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Day 106
It's apple blossom time in my sister-in-law's garden.

The buds of the Redbud have light pink and vivid pink parts.

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Day 105
More Redbud buds

Vivid pink Redbud blossoms are scattered on a mossy wood step.

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Day 104
Redbud tree blossoms after a rain

The eastern part of Lake Powell and the Henry Mountains are in this photo I took as we were flying to Las Vegas to begin our hiking trip in southern Utah a year ago today.

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Day 103
Out the airplane window

Red maple samaras, or helicopters as we called them when I was a kid, are catching the sunlight.

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Day 102
Pretty in pink

A bee is crawling over a dandelion. The flower is growing among rocks.

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Day 101
Dandelion and bee

A black and white photo of clouds and tree branches

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Day 💯
Trees trying to catch the clouds

A recently emerged Christmas Tree fern is uncurling.

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Day 99
The chaos has Christmas Tree Ferns asking questions.

The Tulip Poplar is the state tree of Indiana. They are one of the first trees to leaf out in the spring. That makes them very welcome. They also must be able to withstand some cold temperatures. We are expecting subfreezing temps tonight. I hope they have some antifreeze in the leaves.

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Day 98
Baby Tulip Poplar leaves glow in the setting sun

The white flowers of the Downy serviceberry tree have to withstand early spring temperatures. We're going into the 20s tonight

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Day 97
Downy serviceberry flowers

After a walk in our very wet woods, Andi is drying our wet dog. The dog is enjoying being rubbed all over with the dry towel.

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Day 96
The best part of getting wet is getting dried according to our dog, Flit.

This is a black and white photo of mushrooms growing on a small dead tree. I don't know the species. We call them turkey tail mushrooms, but they look like scallop shells too. To me, these seem to be spiraling up the tree.

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Day 95
Turkey tails
Scallop shells
Spiral stairs

It was a gray gloomy day out in the woods today, and I didn't take any photos. I was working on clearing a path that we can use as a trail since so much of our old trails were blocked by fallen trees. I took this photo of a Black Gum tree a couple days ago. The only thing interesting about it is that some critter, bird or squirrel or Kebler elf, kept moving in the upper hole. You can see part of it in the lower left edge of the hole. I'll keep an eye on it. I hope to get a photo showing what it is.

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Day 93
Who's moving in?

The magenta and pink leaves on a Red bud tree are just about set to open for pollination.

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Day 92
Red bud getting ready.

The photo shows clear water flowing over a shallow creek with a rocky bottom. Our forecast is for up to 7 inches (18 cm) of rain. If we get that rain. the creek won't be clear or shallow.

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Day 91
A clear creek

The green petals of a Sassafras tree's flowers are emerging from the bud's silky covering.

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Day 90
Sassafras flower bud