Juniper berries

Later in the season they will be blue

and provide food for the birds

Red bird

Say, look at all those twirly things!

A bird! A plane!

All a-flutter in Port Jefferson

Leaning locust

Home to geese

To paraphrase the madrigal, More geese than ducks, now live, now live ... at the Stony Brook Duck Pond.

Lady mallards

Dollar a Day

You don't have to be a Muslim to get some good ideas from this inspiring article (Thanks, Aamir). Fasting is a well-established tradition in Christianity, too. We need to remember our fellow humans who are starving.

Dollar a Day in Ramadan

A blessed Ramadan (starts 8/11) to all my Muslim friends.

Cone flowers

Vacant eyes of a brick building look out on cone flowers.