
Turns out there's some nice fall color a short walk from the front door.

On October 8th, we went to Cutler Park.
The plant is a black cherry Prunus serotina, a weedy little tree found throughout the New World. The leaf bears the mushroom-like galls of a tiny…
These little black aphids are feeding on our nasturtiums. I was aiming to get a good sharp view of them and ended up with something softer and more…