I've been struggling with social-distancing this past ten days or so.
Self-isolation seems to stretch into the future with no end in sight.
The weather has been hot and windy,
and yesterday the air was heavy with wildfire smoke.
After days at home wallowing, I forced myself out of the house this morning
and went for a long overdue walk in the open space along Piney Creek.
This is the lush, fecund season with female mule deer dropping their fawns,
cottonwood trees releasing their seeds, and wildflowers springing up everywhere.
Birds are winging back and forth, catching insects and ferrying them to their young.
The earth is alive and filled with promise.
Here's to a lovely summer morning!
Cool Green Beckoning
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado
June 18, 2020
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Cottonwood Seed Capsules
Male Goldfinch
Aurora, Colorado
June 7, 2020
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Best Guess: Lacy Tansyaster
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado
June 18,, 2020
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Cottonwood Seed CapsulesPlains Cottonwood Tree
Aurora, Colorado
June 18, 2020
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Bursting Cottonwood Seed Capsules
Releasing Seeds (cotton) on the Wind
Plains Cottonwood Tree
Aurora, Colorado
June 18, 2020
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Bursting Cottonwood Seed Capsules
Caught in the Grass
Aurora, Colorado
June 18, 2020
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Cottonwood Seeds
Scattered in the Grass
Plains Cottonwood Tree
Aurora, Colorado
June 18, 2020
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Middle Pond
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado
June 18, 2020
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Grackles in a Cottonwood Tree
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado
June 18, 2020
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Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado
June 18, 2020
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Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado
June 18, 2020
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Summer Meadows
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado
June 18, 2020
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Spiderwort
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado
June 18, 2020
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Mule Doe with Fawn
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado
June 18, 2020
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Mule Doe with Fawn
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado
June 18, 2020
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Same Mule Doe Hiding in the Grass
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado
June 18, 2020
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Middle Pond
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado
June 18, 2020
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Prickly Poppy
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado
June 18, 2020
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Prickly Poppy
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado
June 18, 2020
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House Finch
Aurora, Colorado
June 7, 2020
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Musk Thistle
Along Piney Creek
June 18, 2020
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Male Robin
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado
June 18, 2020
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Summer Leaves
Plains Cottonwood
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado
June 18, 2020
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I hope you are staying safe and healthy!
All the best to you!
Till next time ~
Fundy Blue
On the Bay of Fundy
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For Map Lovers Like Me:
Location of Aurora, Colorado, USA
Area Where I Took the Photographs
(by the asterisk in the lower middle)
Map Data © 2018 Google United States
Southern Aurora and Northern Parker
Map Data © 2019 Google United States
Adapted from a Sign in the Park
Red-Tailed Hawk Park
Aurora, Colorado, U.S.A.
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