Happy Thanksgiving and World Compassion Day!

Happy Thanksgiving and World Compassion Day! Compassion is what brings us together in unity and harmony, overcoming all forms of discrimination. World Compassion Day is based on the concept of ahimsa. It means non-violence and absence of desire to harm Any life forms, dedicated to animal welfare, compassion towards all living things on the planet, and the growing importance of vegetarianism and veganism. I am grateful for Nature and all of her Beauty and wonder.

Buzzing Around Lobelia

Buzzing Around Lobelia

Bumble bee on Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)

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A Forest Garden With 500 Edible Plants Could Lead to a Sustainable Futur...

Vermont Fall Foliage 2019

Fall On A Charlotte, Vermont Country Road

Lainey Leaf Peeping in Cambridge, Vermont

Captivating Shapes Of Ancient Trunks & Branches

Autumn View From Overlook 

Fall Colors Of Stowe Before The Snow

Fall Color Through Branches In Shelburne.

Reminds me of looking through lace curtains.

Monarch Butterfly Enjoying The Fall Foliage

Autumn Blooms, Sunflower Maxamillion & A Bee

A Glimpse Of Lincoln Brook

Me On A Fall Foliage Run. Leaf peeping in Cambridge, Vt.

Photographed by Lainey Rappaport

Nature's Art Grasses With Unusual Seed Heads Northern River Oats Also known as wood oats, inland sea oats, northern sea oats, river oats, Indian Wood Oats, Wild Oats, Flathead Oats, Upland Oats, Upland Sea Oats. Chasmanthium latifolium

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South Hero Bird House Forest

 South Hero Bird House Forest

 South Hero Bird House Forest

Champ Hanging Out With The Birds

Champ & T Rex In The South Hero Bird House Forest. 

Located in the swamps just north of Whites Beach, near the roadside, are hundreds of brilliantly colored Bird Houses that hang from the many hardwood trees in the thick marshland. According to the owners of the birdhouses, "Well, as you can see, we’re surrounded by swamp” he said, gesturing to the swamps surrounding his house. “So there are a lot of mosquitoes here, Or at least there were before we put these up.” The bird houses are home to tree swallows, and tree swallows eat mosquitoes. “They make it so me and my wife can sit outside on the lawn in the evening and enjoy ourselves. We don’t get eaten alive.” He started this project 15 years ago, with only 20 bird houses. His wife was the one who convinced him to paint them the striking bold colors. After a year, he went to check on them and found that each one was occupied. So he built more. Now he has over 400 of them. Asked if he was planning on building more. “We’ll see” he said chuckling.

As of 2019 I hear there are now over 800 of them.

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Silver Spotted Skipper Butterflies

Silver Spotted Skipper Butterflies on Sedum
Epargyreus Clarus
The Silver-spotted Skipper shows a clear preference for blue, red, pink, and purple flowers and rarely visit yellow flower.

Silver Spotted Skipper Butterfly on Echinacea

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