{"id":10749,"date":"2015-06-12T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=10749"},"modified":"2015-06-13T12:04:53","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T16:04:53","slug":"what-i-saw-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=10749","title":{"rendered":"What I Saw on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

I took the day off from work Wednesday. I was in need of a mental health day. With several hours all to myself, I went for a walk around the library. I always try to get out there at this time of year to see the wild roses. In my memory, the wild roses spread across the woods like sweet-smelling snowbanks in June. Sadly, the trail managers have cut the roses back in some areas, but there are still a few places where they grow densely, if not quite “snowbank” dense.<\/p>\n

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I wish you could experience how they perfume the woods. Look at this close-up and try to imagine the smell of roses.<\/p>\n

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\nI was sad earlier this year when the bumblebees didn’t show up to pollinate the violets. I am happy to say, though, that I have seen an abundance of other insect life this year, including some other potential pollinators, like this one.<\/p>\n

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Little Bee<\/p><\/div>\n

And check out this handsome fellow.<\/p>\n

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Male Black-Winged Damselfly
According to my Audubon field guide, this guy lives along slow streams in forests and flits about like a butterfly. That is exactly where and what he was doing when I found him.<\/p><\/div>\n

And if that weren’t enough buggy goodness, my husband showed me the most interesting beetle when I got home.<\/p>\n

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Eastern eyed click beetle
“Here’s looking at you, kid”<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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