tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post485657794335799778..comments2008-09-08T06:54:27.283-05:00Julie Zickefoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-47184181798212637722008-09-08T06:54:00.000-05:002008-09-08T06:54:00.000-05:00Jayne,<BR/><BR/> Let's stick to bugs and birds, shall we? Let's!<BR/><BR/>= - p<BR/><BR/>Lynne, <BR/><BR/>Look with Molly for the downy woodpeckers (mostly male) who hammer into those galls come winter and slurp up those antifreeze-filled treats. Male downies tend to forage on thinner-diameter branches, while females take the trunks and large branches.That's how they split up the habitat. So goldenrod stems definitely qualify as thin branches! And I love learning new things, too. Part of the grand surprise of having kids.<BR/><BR/>Mare, Trix, aren't we always in a mood?Julie Zickefoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-90743264785663629402008-09-08T05:46:00.000-05:002008-09-08T05:46:00.000-05:00I'm ready too for the next season, and vow to try and not whine when I long for the warm sun again. For now, I have had quite enough baking. Interesting about the sumac. Nature seems to have thing figured out much better than we do, hey? ;c)Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14057094040409159429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-50260479693377119792008-09-07T22:34:00.000-05:002008-09-07T22:34:00.000-05:00I spent part of the evening driving about with my daughter looking for a field of goldenrod. Molly is doing a paper and field study on goldenrod gall flies for 10th grade AP biology. I learned that the larvae overwinter in the brown goldenrod gall. They produce a chemical simlar to anti-freeze which keeps them from dying in the cold. It's an amazing and wonderful thing when I learn new things from my kids. <BR/><BR/>As for the season change, I'll say it again, I love it.Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09187035706322695138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-27306517362666958542008-09-07T21:41:00.000-05:002008-09-07T21:41:00.000-05:00I've been trying to reflect like you are now...observing the tiniest hints of an ending summer on the undersides of tired leaves. It's all good, as I'm ready for the next season. <BR/><BR/>Beautiful, wonderful post and photos. Put me in a mood.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19608656.post-85465904671337020262008-09-07T21:40:00.000-05:002008-09-07T21:40:00.000-05:00Iridescent car/skins, sumac pods and lovely young tulips -- fall, indeed.Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04765602736333069178noreply@blogger.com