September 19, 2008 Virgin's Bower is at its delicate best in the last days of summer. It likes to climb at the edge of the woods. ![Small mushroom in Litchfield.](1080_365.jpg)
September 17, 2008 After a moist weekend.
![Small mushroom in Litchfield.](1352_369.jpg)
September 12, 2008 This fellow sports attractive striped antennae...
![Grasshopper with striped antennae.](0877_369.jpg)
...while this one is all about being green.
![Green grasshopper.](0833_369.jpg)
September 8, 2008 Late summer blooms showing age, but lovely nonetheless.
![Blooms showing age.](0757_369.jpg)
September 4, 2008 Milkweed pods continue to mature.
![Milkweed pods beside a road in Goshen.](0721_365.jpg)
September 2, 2008 Despite the drier weather, there are some mushrooms to be found.
![Mushrooms in Litchfield.](0611_369b.jpg)
August 27, 2008 While the larger thistles are only beginning bloom, the small ("Canadian") varieties have quickly gone to seed.
![Thistle in Litchfield.](0578_369.jpg)
August 22, 2008 The Spotted Touch-Me-Not continues it's long period of bloom.
![Spotted Touch-me-not photographed in Litchfield.](0432_365.jpg)
August 19, 2008 Goldenrods have come into bloom. The color-matched visitor is a reminder that these pretty flowers are insect-pollinated and not a significant source of airborne pollen.
![Goldenrod along a Litchfield road.](0481_369.jpg)
August 1, 2008 So full of light, this mid-summer flower.
![Yellow flower.](8476_369.jpg)
July 30, 2008 It's the peak of the relatively short blueberry season.
![Blueberries ripening in Litchfield.](8472_369.jpg)
July 29, 2008 A roadside treasure.
![Roadside flower in Litchfield, CT.](8327_369.jpg)
July 25, 2008 For most milkweed the short period of bloom is almost past.
![Milkweed.](6750_369b.jpg)
July 24, 2008 The calm before the storm last night. Heavy rain and wind followed.
![Mushroom.](8233_369.jpg)
July 21, 2008 A wildflower bloom (onion/garlic family) that hints of party favors.
![Purple bloom.](8010_369.jpg)
July 18, 2008 A 20 second-long visit from a dragonfly. The wing structure always makes me think of the lead cames of stained glass. Gone.
![Dragonfly wing.](7792_369.jpg)
July 16, 2008 A Great Spangled Fritillary visits a colorful bee balm bloom.
![Fritillary](7403_369.jpg)
July 14, 2008 So much apetizing greenery.
![Rabbit](7594_369.jpg)
July 11, 2008 Coming in for a landing...
![Bee landing on flower.](7149_369.jpg)
...and then immediately to work.
![Bee on flower.](7151_369.jpg)
July 10, 2008 White, the color for early July.
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July 7, 2008 Common yarrow is just now coming into bloom.
![Bee on common yarrow.](6710_369.jpg)
July 3, 2008 The sway from a gentle breeze doesn't deter visitors to this roadside wildflower.
![Bee on a wildflower in the Goshen - Litchfield area.](6396_369.jpg)
July 2, 2008 A favorite, although non-native, flower of early summer is Deutzia scabra 'Candidissima' here looking dramatic as petals fall...
and gorgeous at full bloom — all within the same shrub.
![Deutzia](6519_369.jpg)
June 30, 2008 Returning from a week of travels I found the first of the knapweed coming into bloom — a sure sign of summer. Tyrol knapweed (Centaurea nigrescens) is an invasive, but attractive, species.
![Knapweed in bloom.](6492_369.jpg)
June 22, 2008 The short-lived but complex world inside of a poppy.
![Poppy -- close up.](6328_369.jpg)
June 20, 2008 This poppy was accented by the last of the spring sun. And then, with a thunderstorm, summer arrived at 7:59 PM.
![Poppy in bloom.](../spring08/6278_369.jpg)
June 16, 2008 The non-native, but naturalized, Ragged Robin is just beginning its long season.
![Ragged robin in bloom.](../spring08/5958_369.jpg)
June 13, 2008 The flower for these sunny days.
June 10, 2008 Aesculus hippocastanum, or "horse chestnut," flowers and spring showers.
![Chestnut tree bloom.](../spring08/6051_369.jpg)
June 6, 2008 A tulip tree reaches bloom.
![Tulip tree in bloom.](../spring08/6053_369b.jpg)
June 4, 2008 As drizzle falls, raindrops cover this small wildflower.
![Wet wildflower in Litchfield Borough.](../spring08/5970_369.jpg)
June 1, 2008 Weekend storms ended with a rainbow.
![Rainbow in Litchfield.](../spring08/5861_369.jpg)
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