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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