The Invisible Trail: Sidewalk Saturday

These were taken in my own front yard--on our sidewalk. I am so fascinated by the tannin prints left by fallen leaves. I know I've already said that and perhaps you are tired of these, but I never seem to tire of them.

The first shot is from a lovely elm in our far front, next to the road. Ulmus americana. The second two are silver maples, Acer saccharinum. Click images to view larger.

The Invisible Trail: October leaf

This is a post for the old blog, The Invisible Trail. I am posting posts for that blog here now. Eventually, if I ever have time, I will move the posts here and shut that blog down. One of the things I always loved doing is going out in search of Autumn color--leaf peeping, so to speak. This year, we had some bright color early, but it's been generally pretty dull here since then. A few pretty leaves here and there and I'm trying to notice and enjoy them.

Today was Biker Buddy's birthday, and we were very busy.

Sidewalk Saturday/the Invisible Trail

Tannin prints; another new post from what used to be the blog called The Invisible Trail but is now being moved here. I am fascinated in the fall by the way the leaves give up their tannin and make leaf prints on the sidewalks. Click images to view larger.

Death at the Spiral Grove

Something is killing the trees at The Spiral Grove, which I consider to be a sacred place. Acid Rain, Global warming, a new pest? I don't know, but it makes me sad! :-(

This is one of the posts I have moved from The Invisible Trail, a blog that I plan to shut down because I don't have time to keep it up and no one goes there anyway.

The responsible culprit may be the alien woodwasp! :-(

Alien woodwasp that could threaten nation's pine trees found in Fulton, N.Y., by Cornell researcher

By Susan S. Lang

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Despite dozens of interceptions at U.S. ports, a public enemy has infiltrated the nation's borders. Taken captive in Fulton, N.Y., and identified by a Cornell University expert, the adult female alien is the only one of its kind ever discovered in the eastern United States.

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Sidewalk Saturday: signs of fall

Signs of fall on the city sidewalks.

I have too many blogs. I am resolved to simplify my life by consolidating my various blogs. Now that we have labels on the blogs, you can recreate the original blog by clicking on the label for that Blog. This post is a new post, but I would have posted it to The Invisible Trail. However, that is one of the blogs that will be subsumed into No Polar Coordinates as I have time to do so, so I am going to post its posts here starting now, if I ever have time. One by one, if and when I have time, I will move my old posts to No Polar Coordinates.

I like the name and concept of The Invisible Trail, and I hate to lose it, but my life is so overwhelmingly overstuffed that I just can't do all those blogs and no one reads them anyway.