Here are 148 photographs from
the first three weeks of September,
in the order in which they were shot.
Pre-dawn Moon
The Break of Day on Sept 1
Rough Gayfeather Flowering
Wilted Sunflowers with Bugs
Wilted Sunflowers with Bugs
Dawn Storm Moving Through
Soft Light Rakes the Land After the Storm Moved Through
Grass is Turning Now
Nondescript Little Spot Down in the Draw
Hemlock Remnants
Tent Caterpillar Work
Big Vine Bramble
Down in the Big Vine Bramble
Old Vertebra
Old Pop Bottles in the West Draw
Buck Cranium Chewed by Rodents in the West Draw
Where the Trail Bisects the West Draw
Tree Trunk Snag Being Colonized by Vines
Newly Downed Upper Tree Trunk and Limbs
Split Trunk
Old Nest in a Crotch
Shelf Fungus on the Old Cottonwood at the West Draw Outlet
Fallen Fungus on the Old Cottonwood Trunk
Another Fallen Fungus
Elderberry Wand
Elderberry Portrait
Big Bluestem Heads at Dawn
Dawn from the Far Western Hill
Sunflowers Past Their Prime
Big Brown Burrs
Prairie Clover Seed Heads
Rigid Goldenrod at Dawn
Pitcher’s Sage at Dawn
Along a Plum Thicket as the Sun Burns Through
Flowering Big Bluestem Head Solo
Rose Hips
Wild Plums!
Old Bone
The Seep – All But Dried Up MS
The Seep – All But Dried Up CU
The Seep – All But Dried Up WS
The Well Head
Down The Well
Tree Trunk with Gnarly Hole
Droopy Almost Dead Tree
Solo Hemlock Stalk Against a Tree
Bird Box 35
Quail Feather
Sumac Bobs in Full Color
Sumac Head Solo with Bobs in Full Color
Dogwood, Sunflowers, Dogwood Like a Persian Rug
Dogwood and Sunflowers at the Edge of the Draw
Death Came for a Thorny Locust
Death Came for a Thorny Locust CU
Grass Spider and Web in a Thorny Locust
Grass Spider and Web – Close Up
Grass Spider Ventures Out
Ground Cherries
Ground Cherries – Close Up
Looking South across a Draw – Dawn Light
Dramatic Front Passing Through at Dawn
The Path Along the East Draw
Wet Sunflower Greets the Dawn – CU
Wet Big Bluestem Frond
Dew Spotted Orb Spider Web Backlit
September 11, About the Time…
Overnight Frost Victim
Headed the Way of All Flesh
Merci, Camille Corot…
Morning Light Shaft at the Four Trees, Edge of the East Draw
Wet Bumblebee on a Thistle Head
Maximillian’s Sunflower Seed Heads after the Flower’s Gone
Big Cottonwood at the Edge of the South Draw Clearing
The Base of That Big Multi-trunk Cottonwood
The Crotch of That Big Multi-trunk Cottonwood
The Five Sisters Grove
Part Way Back Up the Middle Draw
At the Head of the Middle Draw
Misty September Morning
Frost Burnt Sunflowers
Early Morning Grass Going Brown
Seven Thistle Heads
Fast Moving Front at Sunrise
On a Gray Morning Looking West from the Big Hill
The West Draw from the Big Hill
Across a Sumac Patch to the Head of the West Draw
A Brief Interlude for Saturated Colors
In the Middle of the Big Sumac Patch – West Draw
Mystery Orange Fruits
Mystery Orange Fruits CU
Goose Egg Taken by a Predator
Across the South Fence to Monoculture
Leaves Gone Brown on a Stem
For the Living…and the Dead
Bits of Gold on the Ground
A Little Run Down the West Draw
Looking Up and Out from Under a Down Tree in the West Draw
A Fallen Bole
Delicate Cruciform Moth
Wild Grapes
Wild Grapes – Wide
Dead Tree – Bark Peeled Off
Dead Man’s Fingers Fungus
Storm Cell over North Lincoln
Dawn Lights Up the Southern Sky
Rays of Dawn Light Through the Storm Cell
Thunder Head Through Gaura Stalks
Heath Asters Lit by Dawn Light
Milkweed Seeds Leaving the Pod
Flowering Pitcher’s Sage
Early Morning Sun on Grass Heads
Color Splashing Across the Little Draw
Yellow, Black and White Banded Orb Weaver Spider
Yellow, Black and White Banded Orb Weaver Spider CU
Yellow, Black and White Banded Orb Weaver Spider – Wide
Downy Gentian Ready to Open
A Tinge of Gold in the High Cottonwoods
A Little Patch of Wilted Sunflowers on the Edge of the Little Draw
A Lightstruck Patch of Grass on the Edge of the Little Draw
One Golden Cottonwood Leaf
Deer Mandibles
Busch Lite Can
Tangleroot Cottonwood at the Bottom of the Big South Draw
Grandmother Cottonwood – End of Summer Glory
Grandmother Cottonwood – End of Summer Glory – Horizontal
Thorny Locust
Fall Storm Clouds Gathering
Cloudy Sulphur Butterfly
Pre-dawn Glow Through the East Parking Area Plumbush
Equinox Dawn on West Fletcher Avenue
Stiff Goldenrod Before Sunup
A Patch of Sage
Sunflower Dew Drops at Dawn
Sunflower Stalks Just Before Dawn
Fall Equinox Sunrise
Dew Covered Fall Sumac Leaves
Backlit Red Sumac Leaves
Two Robins on the Fence
Heath Asters in the Grass
Four Crabapples
The Crabapple Boughs Against a Clear Blue Sky
Crabapple Solo
Spiky Seed Pod
At the Seep on the Equinox
Mushroom from Below
Mushroom from Above
Wild Grape Vine -Leaves and a Fence Post
Downy Gentian in Bloom
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especially those that can
correct my misidentifications.