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Photographs From A Couple Of Labor Day Weekend Hikes

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An Osprey And A Lot More Mosquitoes: A Late Summer Hike At The PPL Wetlands.

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A Late August Hike: Plenty Of Mushrooms And Even More Mosquitoes

Late August in Northeastern Pennsylvania is the peak of wild mushroom season.  Many of the early and mid Summer edible species, such as the milky mushrooms,   the black trumpets and chanterelles can still be found.  And the late summer species such as the edible chicken of the woods,  and the poisonous jack-o-lanterns are now growing. …

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Not Many Mushrooms, But Some Cool Critters On A Hike With My Macro Lens.

Although I haven’t been posting on my blog these past few weeks, I have continued taking my hikes.  And I continued my search for wild mushrooms. These photos were taken on a hike with my macro lens a few weeks ago, before the torrential rains fell on the woods of Northeastern Pennsylvania. There were only…

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Mosquitoes And Goldfinches: A Mid August Walk In The PPL Wetlands

Although I haven’t been posting blogs to my website,  I still have spent a lot of time hiking in the woods of Northeastern Pennsylvania these past few weeks.  I find comfort walking, especially in the woods. I spent  a many hours reflecting on my mom’s death.  And the still senseless loss of my sister and…

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me and mom

Another Loss, Not As Tragic But Heartbreaking Still. Goodbye Mom, Until We Meet Again.

I am sorry for not getting any blog posts up the past few weeks. I have turned the page on a new chapter in my life. I lost my  mom, Marie M. Butala Skokoski on August 3  at 4:20 pm. It has been hard on me , especially coming after the tragic  loss of my…

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Mid Summer At The PPL Wetlands.

As July comes to an end, it is now mid Summer here in the Northern Hemisphere of our planet . This last week brought torrential rains and some flooding to my  home in Northeastern Pennsylvania. I drove down to the PPL Wetlands  in Salem Township on Saturday to see how the heavy rains affected the Susquehanna…

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Wood Ducks And Woodpeckers: A Hike Along The Weissport Canal

We got some more much-needed rain Sunday  morning here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The heavy rain stopped around 9 a.m. I decided to drive  to the old Lehigh Canal in Weissport, Lehigh County for my Sunday hike.  It was cloudy, warm and humid when I began my hike along the waters of the old canal. I …

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Still Too Dry For The Mushrooms: Another Hike With My Macro Lens.

We had some heavy thunderstorms last week, bringing some much-needed rain to Northeastern Pennsylvania. It had been very dry the past few weeks. I  decided to see if the rain brought out any  of the wild mushrooms that grow in our area.  So I returned to my favorite  mushroom  woods with my macro lens. As…

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muskrat on duckweed covered pond

After Some Rain, Muskrats, Mosquitoes And More Macro At The PPL Wetlands

We got some much needed rain here in Northeastern Pennsylvania on Sunday morning. A line of heavy thunderstorms came through early and continued for a few hours. As the rain was ending I headed to the PPL Wetlands. It was still raining lightly when I arrived at the wetlands and began my hike. The woods…

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