Here's the video I promised. Watch for the frog leaping to safety and the raccoon suddenly realizing I'm there:





You can tell that's a proper wild raccoon. A city raccoon would have kept coming, stolen my camera and pushed me into the pond.

I've been slacking off lately at Beechwood, but I made it there for a while this afternoon. After pulling up a load of thistles and Dame's Rocket I spent some time just admiring the simple beauty of things like clover:




(I'm thinking this is alsike clover, but I'll see if I can tell for sure next time I'm there.)

A cedar twig:

Dragonfly:

People may not find them as beautiful as flowers and dragonflies, but I'm intrigued by slime molds. These were on an old stump:

There didn't seem to be as many frogs around today. Do you know the difference between a frog and a toad?

I've also got a video clip for you but I can't get it to load right now. Maybe tomorrow.