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rozoneill: A warm breeze kept my photographic subjects dancing
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rozoneill: Queen Anne's lace was the predominant life form on this day
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rozoneill: A ladybug and its nest
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rozoneill: Knapweed weevils hug each other on their knapweed flower
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rozoneill: Dried up teasel head
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rozoneill: Moss takes over the shallow parts of the pond
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rozoneill: Dried up knapweed flower, ready for a dry flower arrangement
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rozoneill: The burnished sunlight couldn't disguise the steepness of this part of the trail
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rozoneill: Awesome view on the slog up to Rosa Ridge
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rozoneill: Poison oak ushers in the fall season
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rozoneill: Knapweed flowers were outnumbered by only the Queen Anne's ;ace
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rozoneill: View to the farmlands surrounding Ford's Pond
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rozoneill: Richard's Butte as the day acquires that golden glow
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rozoneill: View on Rosa Ridge as the sun sinks lower and lower
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rozoneill: The golden grass of summer's passing
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rozoneill: Just a beautiful afternoon or early evening for a hike
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rozoneill: Up and over a ridge below the powerlines
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rozoneill: Grass, acquiring that golden light of the coming sunset
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rozoneill: Picturesque oak tree on a small rise
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rozoneill: The trail begins to lose elevation on its way down to the pond
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rozoneill: Ford's Pond, a panorama thereof
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rozoneill: I sense some sweetness in my immediate future
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rozoneill: Ford's Pond as I rounded the southern end
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rozoneill: Safe to say sunset is nigh upon us
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rozoneill: Suddenly, all hiking came to a sweet and juicy halt
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rozoneill: View to "Goose Island" (my name for it)
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rozoneill: View across the pond, where my car is parked
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rozoneill: Not much waterfowl on the pond or island today
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rozoneill: The ever evolving view of the mossy pond
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rozoneill: Day inevitably slips into night