Header Photos - Berries

Mac, Tom, Darla and I have a little contest to show a new theme header each week. Go to the other sites to see their interpretation of Tom's suggestion of Berries. This was a hard one for me because of the season and my first thought that I never captures berries as I take photos. Searching through the archives I came across this shot of ripe cranberries from Triangle Lake in the Fall which I never used. It is good to have a library of photos to share. Let one of us know your interest and we will let you know the next subject change. We plan on doing around 8 PM GMT on Wednesdays. It is a fun challenge.

Here is one from the Spring that I posted before. The cranberry bush is pretty neat.
It is fun to remember your photo trips.

What Is It XXVIII - Answers

#1 This is a Fungus that I saw and thought that would be a pretty good What Is It. Since Tom got the next one or two, I'll give Darla credit for the guess. She grows a lot of flowers in her Florida home and has probably seen these fungus. It starts out round.

It then explodes into a flat topped fungus.
#2 & #3: Okay, I got a little tricky and showed two different views of the Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea). My friend Tom from Ohio Nature got this one and as I had predicted one person would get this, a few people got the first part. Tom works for the ODNR and had suggested that I visit Triangle Lake Bog, click on the label to see the photos I have taken from the bog. I have a photo from the Fall here and Tom told me the name at that time. There must have been 50 plants along the walkway. It is a carnivorous plant and once an insect goes into the pitcher part they can't get out. It is a neat plant for the bog. This shows the pitcher part and the flower coming from the stem. You can see the plastic wood walkway that keeps you above the bog.

This is a view of the bottom I shot up into the sky.
#4 I thought this was the easiest. You can see the toe of my shoe to see the size of the little ant hills. N L S Mama guessed sand first and that is the closest we got. She has neat photos from Michigan. Joan actually guessed a termite mound and I told her she made a termite mound out an ant hill. I'm sure they work on the same principle. As I said yesterday, she had a tough one this week.

I do hope you had some fun.

My World #21

This is my posting for the My World meme . It is hosted by Klaus, Tom, Ivar, Sandy, Wren, Louise and myself. Last week there were over 100 people showing their worlds to us. Won't you join in, I want to see where you live and thrive. Here is part of 'My World'.


Triangle Lake Bog comparison Winter to Summer.

I made a trip back today to a natural wonder near my home town. It is a kettle bog lake near Ravenna, Ohio. You can see the original posts here part 1 and part 2. This is the winter photo of the lake in its Winter browns.

You can see the Summer beauty of the lake surrounded by green.
The starkness of the Winter lake can be seen so readily.

The Summer lake is a beauty filled with much activity.

I wanted to show you the Tamarack Tree in winter after it has lost it needle shaped leaves. Getting the exact trees was unbelievable to me when I saw the photos. You can see the Summer tree and it looks like a pine tree.

I do hope you visit some of the other great places around the world.

Triangle Lake Part 2 of 2

The remainder of the trip to Triangle Lake and a check for the fauna of the bog. This tree told me to look for woodpeckers. I was able to capture this woodpecker through an opening in the trees.
I think it may be a Flicker but not real sure.
This is a Red Bellied Woodpecker that I showed before.
I saw a huge dragonfly on the lake maybe 4" to 5" but it kept moving. I did capture this one dragonfly with the white body.
I zoomed in close to help with the identity. It is the White Faced Dragonfly. Look below those green eyes.
The bees were on the Button Plant.
This has to be the largest fly I ever saw. I'm not sure what it is but the wings are excellent. Abe told me it is a Progressive Bee Fly.
I captured this beautiful Comma Butterfly. This is my second one this year.
It was amazing the transformation when it closed it's wings.
It came down to the walkway and showed of its colors.
It looked like a dead leaf when folded up and I'm sure this is a great camouflage.
The final capture fauna capture was FG on the bench trying to get a picture. I was the only person at the bog on the 2 days I went there. The road in/out is only one lane paved so be sure no-one is coming toward you. Two trips to the lake and a great sighting of a big dragonfly but no photo. It is a fun place to visit.

Triangle Lake Part 1 of 2

The Triangle Lake Bog run by the ODNR is a wonderful bog with a kettle lake. It is near Ravenna, Ohio and run by the ODNR. I am lucky to have two bog areas near home. Tom of Ohio Nature suggested I visit it for a special dragonfly. Here is a description of the kettle lake bog. You can't fish the bog but you can enjoy the beauty.
I used a special feature on my Canon to stitch together the Triangle lake from 4 photos. I will share the flora in this first part. you can see how it got its name from the shape.

The start has a black raspberry area which I'm sure the birds enjoy.
The path starts out through a very green path with an overhead canopy.

You then reach a plastic lumber walkway which you must stay upon.
You then have a section that takes you out onto the lake, the vegetation leaves a view of the lake.
The Tamarack trees are around the lake.
This is an arrowhead plant which is along the walkway.

These Large Cranberry plants are throughout.
This wild flower is very nice.
This flower is completely unknown to me but so interesting on the end of a stem.
These white ball shape flower (Buttonbush) was not only great looking, it did attract bees. If anyone knows the correct names I will add them.