tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143530962024-03-12T19:07:15.404-07:00Thistle QuillA pine needle fell in the forest -
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the Bear smelled itk baxter packwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11894633518508627271noreply@blogger.comBlogger278125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14353096.post-43884611832314611022014-08-27T15:58:00.001-07:002014-08-27T15:58:05.934-07:00Red-winged Blackbird Coopers Marsh <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Milkweed and Ants.<br />
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Milkweed with Bumble Bee.</div>
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Lichen inspiration from 2009, winter is still lingering here and I'm longing to get out into the woods for my Spring foraging activities. Nope not lichens I merely photograph those, I'm talking morels and other edible yummies!</div>
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Well sorta, in about three weeks most of the bulb type flowers should start popping up. This from past experiences/observations of when the Robins, Cedar Waxwings, and Grackles return from their winter feeding grounds.</div>
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The neighbors crabapple is preferred over ours, once they pick it the birds will start in on our tree.</div>
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Some of the Robins are looking a little rough around the edges, this one was healthy looking.</div>
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Grackles are pairing up already, not surprised.</div>
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Almost spent for the season already!<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Light
streamed through the tree canopy onto the woodland floor dancing as the leaves
swayed in the gentle breeze, mist still hanging in the morning air. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lost deep in
thought a loud growl disturbed Abigail’s dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A quick look around the woods, revealed a wolf
greedily eating a monarch butterfly, its golden yellow wings protruding from
the wolf’s mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Stop” she
yelled,<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Sezs who?”
He asked.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Look at the
wings!” She yelled.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Why?” He
asked.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Just spit
it out!”<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Obligingly he
spit the butterfly from his mouth, a glittering stream of nanobots made their
way up the saliva dribbling from his mouth and raced down his throat causing
him to gag.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“What the
hell was that?” Asking as he recoiled in horror.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Nanobots”
she replied using a leg from her male lover to clean her mandibles.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gasping
Ramone began puking his vertebrae into a bloodied pool upon the woodland floor.
<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“What is
happening to me?” he asked weakly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“You ate the
golden monarch” she replied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still
fixated on her lover’s leg she debated if she should take it home with her or
not? <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Help me” he
gasped<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“It’s too
late now” she retorted.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ramone lay
on the woodland floor twitching as the bones and muscles in his body turned to
mush; a deep sleep fell over him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life
carried on in the woods as if nothing unusual had happened, the only true
witnesses to the event was Abigail and the now deceased golden monarch.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">His once
long sleek tail and thick fur had sloughed off onto the ground beneath him; while
he slept the nanobots converted his former wolf body into the chrysalis of a
monarch butterfly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Barely aware of his
surroundings Ramone realized that he was hanging upside down from somewhere up
high.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“HELP!!!”
Ramone screamed for what felt like an eternity, screams went unnoticed by the
other occupants of the woods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This had
to be a trap of some sort, the beta males hated him, or so he believed but who
would do this to him?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Exhausted
from screaming Ramone slipped back into a deep sleep. The nanobots continued
their work as he slept hanging from an oak branch.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Ramone, Is
that you?” Abigail asked creeping closer to the strange blob.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The creature
did not respond; it hung there lifeless emitting a soft pinging sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Abigail turned back to the remains of her
latest lover, kicking his head aside as she made her way towards the top of the
tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There she
sat waiting, for what she didn’t know but the horror show that was occurring in
the lower recesses of the oak tree was mesmerizing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wondered if this was how her lovers felt,
right before she snapped off their heads.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In his dream
state thoughts went through his mind. He was proud of his status as a wolf in
the woodland kingdom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would watch
Abigail be pursued by lovers, courting day and night, then the mating, a heated
fury that ended with the poor son of a bitch losing his head!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That wasn’t Ramones style. No, he preferred
to court the ladies, woo them with fresh kill, defending them from the other
less scrupulous wolves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a
veritable ladies man, protecting them at all costs from the dangers of the
woods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And now
this… what did he do to deserve this?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nausea set
in as he swung in the breeze, he hated heights they always made him dizzy
though he never let on about this with the ladies, and worse than hating
heights he hated being upside down! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The soft
pinging sound continued inside of his head as he fell into a deep sleep.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As he slept
the nanobots continued to transform Ramone from his former wolf glory into a monarch
butterfly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The
transformation from wolf to chrysalis took two weeks to complete; if all went
according to plan he would be a force to be reckoned with in the woodland. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The hum of
the woodland increased as the blue green chrysalis began changing color.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At first it started to turn brown, rumors
abounded that the creature within the chrysalis had died.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Abigail grew
tired of the rumors and retreated to her spot high up in the oak tree, a spot
that allowed her to blend in with the surrounding foliage, out of harm’s
way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The last thing she wanted was to
end up as dinner, especially a grackles dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She hated grackle’s they were loud, dirty, and unpredictable.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Her greatest
joy was watching the squirrel kill the grackles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She would never have believed it had she not
seen it with her own eyes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">She had to
admit she got an immense satisfaction from the squirrel’s killing efficiency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her mates knew that the end was near, but the
grackle, no the grackle never once suspected its own demise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wiped the drool from her mandible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The very thought of the squirrel killing a
grackle caused a desire deep within herself to find a mate and quick, before
the desire passed.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Her trance
was broken by the noise coming from the branches below her, the woodland
suddenly sprung to life as the creatures gathered at the bottom of the oak
tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Movement
within the chrysalis was causing a loud ruckus. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“It’s
alive!” someone shrieked. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The once
blue green color had changed to orange and black.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The nanobots shimmered as they moved even
faster over Ramones newly transformed body. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Claustrophobia
created a strong desire to tear at his body, and tear he did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Breaking free of the clear chrysalis he
inhaled deeply, blood pulsed upwards in his body causing his newly formed wings
to unfurl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The metamorphosis was complete,
all he had to do was open his wings and fly. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A gasp rose
up from the woodland floor as its residents gazed upon the monarch’s beauty.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The bonds of
the chrysalis had broken and the soft pinging giving way to a heartbeat, Ramone
stretched his wings and soared upon the wind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Three
modified grackles landed on a branch, not far from Abigail’s hiding place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had been modified with a special gene in
hopes of eradicating their numbers from the land, but alas all did not go as
planned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead super grackles were
born with the ability to think for themselves and with control over the very
nanobots that were designed to kill them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A plan was hatched by the grackles to not only
kill the squirrel his cold callous ways disturbed many in the woodland, but to
also kill Abigail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A
victim of her own genetic predisposition she killed her lovers in order to
mate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many in the woodland found her
sexual arousal over the grackle deaths unacceptable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had to go. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ramone
was there guy, he would protect them all, but not in his wolf state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was changed into a monarch butterfly, a
majestic being, his size allowing him to dispatch the squirrel and Abigail. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Peace once again existed in the woodland.</span></i><br />
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Near Bjorkboda Marsh in Hamilton County.<br />
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Native prairie plants at the marsh.<br />
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Somewhere in northern Story County, Iowa, summer is finally taking hold!<br />
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Robin taking advantage of the freshly tilled ground, hunting up worms I'm sure. I love how it's plummage blends in with the ground.k baxter packwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11894633518508627271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14353096.post-51208811124549706172013-04-20T15:42:00.002-07:002013-04-20T15:42:55.421-07:00Redwing Blackbirds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Redwing Blackbirds hanging out in a sycamore tree. <br />
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Still don't have a positive id on this skull. It was found in the green belt are near the Skunk River, central Iowa. k baxter packwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11894633518508627271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14353096.post-43621384356143826762013-04-15T13:12:00.000-07:002013-04-15T13:12:07.140-07:00Unknown Skull <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was told that this was an opossum skull, but I'm not so sure it is...<br />
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It's that time of the year again, time to go out and photograph the spring calves. k baxter packwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11894633518508627271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14353096.post-55543685974387122632013-03-01T15:21:00.003-08:002013-03-01T15:21:44.254-08:00Geode<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know it's just a rock but it's inspiring none the less. k baxter packwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11894633518508627271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14353096.post-72609006315897951082013-02-26T15:12:00.001-08:002013-02-26T15:12:33.654-08:00Red Oak<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some much needed snow fell today, the red oak is beautiful!<br />
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Combining archival photos with new and found footage, Red Ochre is a personal, impressionistic rendering of what it's like growing up Mi'kmaq in Newfoundland, while living in a culture of denial. k baxter packwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11894633518508627271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14353096.post-16918777741931878782013-02-26T12:46:00.000-08:002013-02-26T13:01:07.388-08:00Summer Legend <div style="text-align: center;">
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Françoise Hartmann
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Am looking forward to spring this year!<br />
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Taken north of Ames, sometime early summer 2009.k baxter packwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11894633518508627271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14353096.post-71170090302828221732012-10-17T17:53:00.001-07:002012-10-17T17:53:09.321-07:00Oak<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The oaks are turning color slower than normal this year, drought related I'm sure, but finally they are turning! <br />
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Is a John Deere Combine! I love the lines left behind after the crops have been harvested. k baxter packwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11894633518508627271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14353096.post-66883712213024605722012-09-27T11:10:00.002-07:002012-09-27T11:10:27.648-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A herd of wild corn bails wander a field in Story County, Iowa. Approach with caution, they can be quite dangerous when spooked, rolling here and there with no particular destination in mind!</div>
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