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Fabulous Way to Start the Day!

9/25/2023

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It's Autumn! The temps are actually cool enough to wear my sweatshirt. Well, in the morning anyway. I'm back in my T-shirt for the rest of the day.

I love my walks. It's a fabulous way to start my day, especially this time of year! It's incredible to witness the transition from summer wildflowers to the diverse selection of autumn plants that will nourish and shelter insects as they prepare for the winter. The berries and fruits on bushes, trees, and flowers will continue ripening as the vegetation around them withers away. Soon, the birds and wildlife will have a new feast to sustain them through the winter.


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Berries and fruit from the American Beautyberry, Flowering Dogwood, Pokeweed, and Maypops (Passion Flowers).
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A wonderful surprise greeted me yesterday. The farm roads have been bush-hogged, opening the way for the tractors to access "the back 40" and harvest the corn.



It also allows me to walk around the fields again. Most of the paths are still overgrown, but a few are walkable. Once the harvest is complete, I'll have full access to the fields and the surrounding woodlands. 

​Every day will be a new adventure. I'm looking forward to it!





PictureWild Turkeys enjoying breakfast.

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Interesting. A couple of trees lived and died side-by-side. All the insides have rotted away and left the bark shell. This will make a great home for critters this winter.
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The corn is ready to harvest. The deer will be sorry to see it go. They have been feasting on this easy to find free meal every night
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An interesting mushroom.
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    Greta Burroughs

    Through the Lens of a Nature-Lover

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    No creature, whether it has two, four, six, eight, or no legs, should ever be homeless. Every living being deserves the basics of food, water, and shelter. By planting native plants, trees, and shrubs, I can do something toward providing the food and shelter these creatures need.

    ​It's amazing how plants and insects evolved to interact with each other, and how one could always instinctively rely upon the other for survival.

    That's what Mother Nature intended.

    Unfortunately, humanity's carelessness and greed disrupted her master plan.


    ​I'm on a quest to help restore Nature's balance by collecting seeds from, transplanting, or propagating the indigenous plants I find along the roadsides and fields before they are mown down or poisoned with pesticides.

    Then, if my gardening skills don't fail me, my yard will eventually provide a year-round oasis of native flowers, trees, and shrubs that'll provide the food and shelter insects need to thrive and never be homeless again. 

    Through the Lens of a Nature-Lover will share my journey as I discover, photograph, and rescue the plants and bugs no one else notices.

    Please join me in my quest to end homelessness. Thank you for caring.


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I will read forever because it lets me visit in my mind the worlds that I will never be able to see; it helps me put away the stresses of the day and relax into the rhythm of the story before me; it lets me bring to the surface and experience without regrets those feelings I hide away; it lets me re-experience the thrill of first love through someone else's eyes; it keeps my mind juiced so that it will never desert me; it is always there for me even when there's no one else. I will read forever no matter whether it is print or digital because the words will always call to me. ~ A Sassy Scribbler