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Further updates for the Brown County #FallColors report: there was more color yesterday than the day before and our roads will be jammed this weekend. #photograpraphy #woods #fall #color #Indiana

Tall trees below a blue sky streaked with clouds shows off shades of orange and red with a little yellow as well.

At a pond, trees with orange and yellow leaves are threaded through green pines.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Time for an update on #FallColors in south central #Indiana: it's finally arriving. Last week's leaf peepers got almost nothing for their efforts but this week's should be much happier. Colors look nice in light fog. #photography #woods #trees #color #fog

Green leaves make a frame for woods that are a mix of green, yellow, orange, and red.

The view from the end of my drive down my road is a mix of green, yellow, light orange, and bright orange with all the colors seen through a light fog.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Finishing up at 1st hop Hocking Hills State Park of the Park Hopper trip with some of the fine CCC (see ALT for more INFO) stone work at the park. Sometimes you find the stonework along side modern structures and other times it's ancient ones. #photography #parks #Ohio #hiking

In this photo part of modern concrete bridge built after a severe flood took out 7 wooden bridges is seen with the end of the bridge resting a CCC constructed round stone wall. The Civilian Conservation Corps was started in the Depression to give work and shelter to men 18-25. The CCC worked in many national and state parks, including the state park just a few miles from my home. Here's a link about the work of CCC in Indiana: https://www.in.gov/dnr/state-parks/cultural-resources-and-history/the-new-deal-and-indiana-state-parks/

The best stone work I've seen done by the CCC was at Watkins Glen State Park in New York. Watkins Glen is natural wonder and the stone work is a human wonder.

Below a very large alcove call Old Man's Cave is a beautiful stone wall. There are tiny dots in the cave and behind the stone wall which are people, giving an indication of the size of both.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Flit's #MondayMorning Wisdom: You can be aware of how most have reacted to the same situation in the past and still choose a different path. IOW, going to the vet is no big deal. #dogs #dogsofbluesky

Three dogs in the exam at the vets. All are at the door. Hopeful a coonhound has is standing over Sniff, a beagle mix while Giddy, a malamutt stands panting with her tongue out. Note: nothing had even happened yet.

Flit, a medium-sized chestnut colored dog, lies on the floor of the exam room. She's already been to be weighed and to have blood drawn but she's completely relaxed. Our vet has pronounced her a very chill dog. Flit likes people and loves attention so she's happy to go to the vet.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The #woods Word of the Day is CRUNCH"! (Sound up) #hiking #fall

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The Friday Digital Archive Dive takes a wide view. Taken #OnThisDay October 9, 2006 #photography #urban #Chicago #lakeshore #LakeMichigan

A black and white view of the Lake Michigan lakeshore in Chicago. The skyline is in the background and some men fishing are in the foreground. To the left is a partial view of the Shedd Aquarium.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Super intelligence at work: the NYT Wordle Bot shows going from 29 to 2 earns a luck score of 64 but determines that making the right choice from 2 possible words has a luck score of 75.

The image shows that when I went from 29 words left to 2 words, my luck score was 64 but when I picked the right word from 2, my luck score was 75.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

More at 1st hop Hocking Hills State Park of the Park Hopper trip: part of state encircling Buckeye Trail goes through the park. Here we're picking our way through and even inside the rock-strewn trail. #photography #StateParks #Ohio #hiking

A hiking trail hemmed on one side by a cliff and the other large boulders goes on and through a jumble of good-sized rocks.

The trail goes through a passage made by a cliff on one side and a huge boulder (probably a massive chunk that split off from the cliff) and comes out through a triange-shaped opening. There are carved stone steps leading down.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Next at 1st hop Hocking Hills State Park of the Park Hopper trip is the charming Cedar Falls illustrating the cliff and cave making tendencies of the Black Hand Sandstone. #photography #StateParks #Ohio #waterfalls #WaterfallWednesday #hiking

All the falls in the park were the late summer doldrums with low flow but Cedar Falls is actually more interesting with less flow because of the way it flows around the protruding rock in in its center. This is a wide shot show the falls in situ showing the sandstone layers, ledges, alcoves, and even a small cave.

A close up photo of the falls as it flows around the protruding rock. To its right is a small cave. The falls hits a ledge for a second small drop before it reaches a pool.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ready to start posting photos from our recent Park-Hopper trip. First hop was Hocking Hills State Park in Ohio which provided lots of photo ops. Today it's the very pretty approach to Cedar Falls. #photography #hiking #creeks #cliffs #Ohio

Queer Creek at this time was placid, nicely reflecting the tree and moss-covered rocks which line its banks.

The same creek still lined with trees but now with one of the Black Hand Sandstone formation cliffs in the background.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

About 5 hours before our flight departed for us.

In Iceland, a lighthouse is visible at a distance on green hill with lava in the foreground.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Flit's #MondayMorning Wisdom: It's Monday and sometimes only an emotional support pillow can get you through it. #photography #dogs #dogsofbluesky

A medium-sized chestnut colored dog with a black muzzle is draped across two throw pillows (one of which is on top of another throw pillow) on a couch.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I checked my email and see I missed Joey's 4th Gotcha Day in August. So Happy Belated Gotcha Day to you two and that no long little but still a major cutie.

A small puppy sleeps with his head on a toy.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's Flit's Gotcha Day. Happy 5th anniversary to Flit, Jim, and me. She came to a local volunteer rescue group from Tennessee which was overloaded with strays from flooding in late August, 2021. Left photo from that day and right from this week. #dogs #dogsofbluesky #gotchaday #Adoptdontshop

A small chestnut colored approximately 6 month old dog with a big puppy head and black muzzle lies on a blanket on a car seat. From day one she was relaxed and happy; so though we'll never know about first 6 months, we're pretty sure that nothing horrible happened to her.

The same dog, body having long since caught up to the big head, rides in a hammock in the rear seat of a car. She is leaning over the hammock. She still looks relaxed and happy.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Friday Digital Archive Dive take a leap into the past. Taken #OnThisDay October 2, 2010 #photography #plants #insects #grasshopper

A grasshopper is crouched on a plant with many light brown hairy seedheads.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

An artist had to cut down a tree and, naturally, made art out of it. #photography #art #StreetArt #ColumbusIndiana

The split trunk of a tree by a sidewalk is covered in art. One split has a slinky cat and a small owl below it. The other split has a dog with its eyes looking up at an owl above it. The drawings are cartoon-like rather than realistic.

This side has a very stylized cat covered in colorful designs and a raccoon with abstract designs around it. In the unpictured crotch of the tree, there is a sloth.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Raising a glass to and closing the door on all our September trips on this last day of the month. #photography #France #SouthofFrance

A shot taken through a glass of white wine shows the buildings through and reflected in the glass. Photo taken in Aix-en-Provence.

A set of two doors one dark wood and the other light wood, both with an etched glass above them. Above the doors are two shutters, the same color as the light door; both are slightly open. There is white trim around the doors and the shutters. Photo taken in Cassis, a small city on the Mediterranean.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's moose and squirrel ... oops ... frog time in Algonquin Provincial Park (from another fine September trip). #photography #Canada #critters #moose #frogs

A female moose ignores us to concentrate on chomping down green plants while her calf peeks over the plants at us.

On the edge of a lake, a large green frog with bulging eyes appears to be staring at me while I take its photo. All four of its les are visible in the water.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Flit's #MondayMorning Wisdom steps aside for a bit of smarts from England (2023 September walking trip in the Cotswolds): there's more than one reason to go to the pub. #photography #dogs #dogsofbluesky

A large, white fluffy dog lays down in the doorway of a pub, waiting patiently for each patron to provide the toll of pets and scratches.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A maybe "slightly" better photo of Bebo in the chair living up to her name (thanks @candissabean.bsky.social) of The Queen of Sprawl.

A tan and white boxer and something else is sprawled across an old chair. She is on her back with her legs in the air. Her mouth is wide open because the photo caught her in mid-yawn.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

More September vacations -- the in and outs of the highest tide in the world, aka the Bay of Fundy. #photography #oceans #tides #rocks #Canada #HopewellRocks

At high tide the ocean reaches up the shore's cliffs. The rocks in the ocean looks to be floating on water. The tide can be has high as 52 feet (16 meters). In this photo the tide had already started going out.

Now at low tide, there ocean can only be seen in the distance, the 'floating rocks are show to be on pedestals or to have a structure that was just a little nubbin when the tide was in.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We got home yesterday from a park hopping trip to Ohio's Hocking Hills State Park, then New York's Letchworth State Park & finally New York's High Peaks area of the vast Adirondack Park. Lots of photos to sort through but here's a quick taste of each place. #photography #hiking #rocks #Ohio #NewYork

The Buckeye Trail (a long trail that "circles" Ohio) passes through -- literally -- Hocking Hills. In this case, the trail goes through a crack in the cliffs. Stone steps lead up to the crack.

The only bridge that cross the Genesee River in Letchworth State Park is a beautiful stone bridge. The Lower Falls (yes there are Upper and Middle Falls) is visible in the distance.

In the Adirondacks, trails mostly go up and are mostly steep. In this case a series of wooden steps takes one up a steep section. Mountains are visible in the distance and fall color is starting to come.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Friday Archive Dive towers above all. Taken #OnThisDay September 25, 2022 #photography #France #Nimes [Info in ALT]

View across Nimes from the Musée de la Romanité This is a black and white photo across the rooftops of Nimes with the Tour Magne in the center and the spire of Église Saint-Paul. Don't remember what the one on the right is. The Tour Magne is a stone tower over 2000 years old and is only remaining vestige of the ancient fortifications of Nîmes built by the emperor Augustus. The original Celtic tower was 60 feet (18 m) high. The emperor Augustus enlarged it to 92 feet (28m) high.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I loved the many dry stone walls I saw during the 50+ miles we walked in the Cotswolds in 2023 but this one was my favorite (and easily the longest). #photography #hiking #England #Cotwolds

This wall went on for a 1/4 mile along a lovely tree-lined path. The path was dappled with shadows and the trees were formed an arch over the path from both sides. The wall had been there long enough to have gathered moss, especially along the top. We wondered what could be on the other side to require such a long wall (far longer than any other one we'd seen).

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Jim's been posting photos from trips we've taken in September so I decided to join him for the rest of the month. Today the never gets old "oh wow" moment of entering Sainte Chapelle. #photography #France #Paris

A view of the stained glass rising to the ceiling of Sainte Chapelle. There are 15 stained glass bays of 50 feet (15m) height which contain 1113 stained glass panels. Construction ran from 1238 to 1248.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#TurtleTuesday finishes its celebration of this banner year for Eastern Box Turtles in our woods with a turtle that turned up two different times (and also once in 2022). #photography #turtles #Indiana

This turtle is moving down a trail. It has a distinct pattern of dots that makes it easier to identify.

The same turtle a couple of weeks later. The shell is dulled by a dirt coating. It might've been estimating (burying itself in dirt and becoming dormant) during some extended hot days.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Flit's #MondayMorning Wisdom: Computers are a tool. Use them thoughtfully. #photography #dogs #dogsofbluesky

A medium-sized chestnut colored dog with a black muzzle is lying on a couch with her head resting on a laptop. The laptop is on a person's legs.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Friday Digital Archive Dive take a less long walk that last week but goes out to sea and goes out to see. Taken #OnThisDay September 18, 2024 #photography #reefs #Canada #PrinceEdwardIsland #birds #seals

This is the North Cape on Prince Edward Island. At low tide, it stretches about 1.2 miles (2 km) into the ocean and is the longest reef in North America. The little dots seen at the end of the reef are the reward for the walk.

The end of the reef was full of gulls and cormorants. Also present is a seal that is doing an imitation of a mermaid. There were more seals but not conveniently near the birds.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#TurtleTuesday continues celebrating this banner year for Eastern Box Turtles in our woods with the penultimate photo from this year. I thought the designs on this one would make for a really good Rorschach test. #photography #turtles

An Eastern box turtle steps over a stick. The designs on the shell seems suggestive of a lot of things, especially faces.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Flit's #MondayMorning Wisdom: Like Joni said, you don't know what you've got till it's (almost all) gone. #photography #dogs #dogsofbluesky #drycreeks

A medium-sized chestnut colored dog with a black muzzle stands in an almost dry gravel covered creek. She appears to be looking at the small amount of water left near the bank as if wondering where the rest of it went.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In New Hampshire, the Ethan Pond trail (starting from the Zealand Trail) which is on the long gone Zealand Valley Railroad bed. Great views and two waterfalls.

A view from the Ethan Pond Trail of the White Mountains. The tiny white dot on the right is the AMC Zealand Hut.

Zealand Falls goes falls over great hunk of granite.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Friday Digital Archive Dive takes a long walk (5 days) through the #Cotswolds and gets in lines. Taken #OnThisDay September 11, 2023 #photography #hiking #England

A black-and-white photo of a farm along the Monarch's Way path shows many lines -- a fence with a railing and posts, a barn roof, a 90-degree turn house roof, the house's windows, a brick wall.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

That old style pole keeps giving me such good photo ops that I'm starting to think of it as Brown County's version of Rockport's Motif #1. #photography #light #fog #woods #Indiana

Rays of light fan out over a country road. The trees make an arch over the road which is patterned with shadows. An old-fashioned telephone pole adds a point of visual interest.

A slightly farther out shot of the same pole, this time with angled streaks of light going through the trees. The pole is in shadows but the trees behind it are lit up.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

On humid summer mornings, my walks in the woods often detour down our driveway and out into the road ... for a very good reason. #photography #light #woods #Indiana

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#TurtleTuesday continues celebrating this banner year for Eastern Box Turtles in our woods with one of the last three turtles I have to post. Last week's turtle had fuzzy designs, this week's has quite precise ones. #photography #turtles #woods #Indiana

An Eastern box turtle on a trail has sharply delineated designs which stand out even more because the shell background is very dark.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Flit's #MondayMorning Wisdom: Happy UnLaboring Day to all who celebrate it! #photography #dogs #dogsofbluesky #LaborDay

A medium-sized chestnut colored dog with a black muzzle is on a couch and on top of a stack of two throw pillows with a third pillow lying against her back legs. She has no intention of doing anything that could be even faintly imagined as labor.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Huh, I couldn't imagine why I was taking a photo that way so I went to take a look and I still don't know why I took this shot (all the rest were of the arch).

A photo of a small tower of rock directly above the lake with a little green garden by it.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

55 years ago today (I must be lying; it's obviously impossible it was that long ago).

Following the completion of the wedding ceremony*, a bride and groom hold hands and walk down the aisle and under a wrought iron arch with lavender flowers.
* Of weddings we've attended, we hold the record for the shortest wedding ceremony: the wedding party in and out in about 10 minutes (which included a friend reading John Donne's The Good Morrow -- which I still consider the greatest love poem -- which took 1-2 minutes).

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The Friday Digital Archive Dive looks around at the end of summer beat up, chewed up, dried up woods and still find a photo or two. Taken #OnThisDay September 4, 2011 #photography #leaves #woods

Wet beeches leaves are stuck to each other making shadows of their shapes. The leaves are in various stages of disrepair, though most are still green.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I usually think of the dittany plant as my winter gift-giver because it creates frost flowers but its summer flower is also a gift for me and for bees.

A bee hangs onto the bottom of a purple dittany flower. The plant's flowers are small, in tufts arising from leaf axils.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

These two photos of trees in the woods have in common an effect I like of some leaves looking like splatters of paint were thrown at the scene. #photography #light #woods #trees #leaves #trails #hiking #Indiana

Golden light slants through the trees. As mentioned some of the leaves looks like splatters of green paint.

A trail, colored a light red by old pine needles (so soft), goes through a stand of trees. As in the other photo, some of the leaves look like splattered paint.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

#TurtleTuesday continues celebrating this banner year for Eastern Box Turtles in our woods with one who has a slightly odd shell -- much more yellow than usual & with fuzzy-edged designs. #photography #turtles

An Eastern box turtle on a dead-leaf covered trail. The shell is substantially more yellow than black and the designs, though plentiful, don't have the usual defined edges.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Flit's #MondayMorning Wisdom: It's not always a bad thing to get yourself in a hole, especially when it's hot and there's a low spot in the creek. #photography #dogs #dogsofbluesky

A medium-sized chestnut colored dog with a black muzzle is playing in the remaining water in a creek. She is wet and there are shadows all around her.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The Friday Digital Archive Dive knows that thistle is an invasive but also knows it can be quite enchanting. Taken #OnThisDay August 28, 2010 #photography #butterflies #flowers [Butterfly ID in ALT]

There are 9 butterflies on or around this thistle plant. There is one Red admiral, two Great spangled fritillaries, and 6 Swallowtails. The two yellow ones are Eastern tiger but the dark ones are harder because of the obscuring of detail. I think the one flying away is a Spicebush swallowtail and the one to the left of it is an Eastern tiger. The other two dark ones look to me like Spicebush as well.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Taking inspiration from @justagirl52.bsky.social here are a couple of moths I see a few times a year in the woods: confused haploa (I like a moth that's honest about it's state of mind) and delicate cycnia. #photography #moths #woods

A moth with black lines along and across its wings rests on a leaf on plant. Its head is yellow.

An almost all white moth rests on a leaf on a plant. It has faded yellow along the edges of its wings. The edging should be a distinct yellow.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

There are many things about August I do not love but one thing I will often get as a solace for the heat, humidity, and biting bugs is right-place-right-time delightful light. #photography #light #woods #hiking

Streaks of light shine through trees on a low ridge onto the forest floor, light up ferns and a moss-covered log. Seen from the hiking trail at https://sycamorelandtrust.org/preserves/the-laura-hare-nature-preserve-at-downey-hill/

At the same preserve, wagon-wheel spokes of light shine behind at tree on a ridge in a dense woods.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#TurtleTuesday continues celebrating this banner year for Eastern Box Turtles in our woods with what I guess is an old lady who has been through some things over the years (typical life span is 30 years but they can up to 75 years). #photography #turtles #woods #Indiana

A Eastern box turtle whose yellow design are faded and seemingly scratched off is seen on the forest floor.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Flit's #MondayMorning Wisdom: When you are close to one friend, other friends may feel slighted -- let them know you haven't forgotten them. It's just that some friends are best for snuggling and others for tug-of-war. #photography #dogs #dogsofbluesky

A medium-sized chestnut colored dog with a black muzzle lies on a rug with her head up against a blue dog stuffy. In the distance is a moose stuffy.
PS: In actuality she plays tug-of-war and chase with all her stuffies (bear, mouse, and monkey not pictured).

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