Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Falling In

Pignut.

Bitternut.

Sweetgum.

Creeper.

This Virginia Creeper is all up in the business of this Black Cherry’s canopy.

Here’s where the vine starts. I assume it was once clasped to the tree itself but came loose as it aged. And damn, has it aged!

This has been a long dance.

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