steven-patrick (@steven-patrick)
Crypto enthusiast, Libertarian, Nature lover
Dahlias - late season beauties
I love my Dahlias this time of year. Dahlias are a lot of work. In my climate, the tubers will not survive the winter so they have to be dug up each fall and stored inside. Then each spring, you re...
Raptor rescue center presentation
We took my wife's young cousins to a presentation on raptors at the newly remodelled Isley Library in Middlebury, Vermont. I couldn't resist posting pictures of an owl with books as a backdrop 😆 t...
Late afternoon sunlight
I took some photos of the late summer, late afternoon sun in green Vermont. As summer begins to fade, the sun is getting lower in the sky. In the evening, it backlights the trees and cast shadows. ...
Eggs for breakfast
Lets make some eggs for breakfast. All these ingredients are from my garden - cayenne pepper, garlic, onion, and tomatoes. Eggs from the Maple Meadows Farm close by down the road in Salisbury, Verm...
Wednesday around the yard
Our hydrangeas are heavy and drooping over. We have been getting nice cool weather and regular showers for a couple of weeks now. The fall weather has really greened everything up. I am so excited ...
Recent mushroom photos from Vermont
I've been seeing lots of mushrooms in Vermont lately. So I took some time to photograph a few for todays post. This large polypore was in my yard. It already had grass growing up through it when I ...
A few pics and finishing a project
First the obligatory pretty pictures 😉 I found a flower in my beds I haven't posted. This is a cosmo. My wife had some old cosmos seeds from a neighbor so she tossed them into some open space in o...
A few flowers from Vermont
I stopped to take a few flower pictures on my morning walk. The first is this lovely Hibiscus. I love the red bleeding out into the white. The color varies a bit from bloom to bloom this one is mor...
New flower beds
We have a bed in the front of our house that we want to redo but it has some flowers growing in it now we don't want to lose. I decided to make some new beds and transplant out the current flowers....
Downtown Middlebury Vermont
The Congregation Church in Middlebury, Vermont sits on a hill at the top of Main Street. A white church steeple rising up from the middle of town is a very iconic New England scene. Middlebury actu...
Random interesting photos from Thursday
I was out watering my young fruit trees. Before the rain it turns out 🙄 I was bored and looked for interesting photos. First some cinquefoil. I have this in a couple of different places around the...
Fading glory
Summer is fading. Along with it, the beautiful blooms of spring and summer. I fell in love with these first two photos. They look like unfinished paintings. All of the blackeyed susans are starting...
A beautiful day at the lake
It was a beautiful day at the lake yesterday afternoon. Dramatic sky and smooth lake reflecting it back. This is the marina on Lake Dunmore. A small lagoon with a pass leading out into the lake. Wh...
Monday in Photos
Today's post is a collection of photos from my Monday. First a lovely mushroom growing in the forest. I was hauling a wheelbarrow full of yard waste into the woods to dump and saw this beauty. I've...
Easy Sunday morning
Taking it easy this Sunday morning. A fearless chipmunk was quite comfortable with getting his picture taken on our morning walk. I usually lead with my best photos even it doesn't work well with t...