Tag Archives: SITY

Forgotten Pictures of 2021: Bugs

Posted on 01/19/2022 by chick
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Forgotten Pictures of 2021: Before & After

Posted on 01/18/2022 by chick
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Forgotten Pictures of 2021: Frogs

Posted on 01/17/2022 by chick
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SITY: Points of View

Posted on 01/14/2022 by chick

In January of last year I showed you a picture of an ant farming aphids on a maple-leaved viburnum. That picture had been taken in the late summer or early fall of the previous year. During the spring of last … Continue reading →

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SITY: Hello, Yellow

Posted on 12/21/2021 by chick

We’re approaching the end of the year, and it’s a good time to clear out my blog drafts folder. There are several SITY posts waiting to be finished up and published. It may be the wrong time of year for … Continue reading →

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SITY: Westerners

Posted on 11/28/2021 by chick

“I don’t want to alarm you,” my husband said as he walked into my office. “But…” If his plan was not to alarm me, it backfired. I immediately felt alarmed. And the situation was somewhat alarming, at least on the … Continue reading →

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SITY: Beautiful Leaves, Beautiful Trees

Posted on 11/13/2021 by chick

It wasn’t hard to figure out what kind of tree this was. The pattern on the bark and the leaf shape pointed to ash, and the fall leaf color suggested white ash specifically. The identity of this tree actually cleared … Continue reading →

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Autumn’s Pinks and Purples

Posted on 10/30/2021 by chick
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SITY: Fifth Clover

Posted on 07/31/2021 by chick

Earlier this year I found that black medic had spread into the side yard. I was amazed first by how well established it already was and second by how big the plants were. They were much larger than the ones … Continue reading →

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SITY: Secret of the Violets

Posted on 07/25/2021 by chick

One late-August day, many years ago, I decided to do a little weeding, and I pulled up a big violet plant that was growing somewhere that it didn’t belong. Near the base of the plant were what appeared to be … Continue reading →

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