If last month was the Nodding Bur Marigold walk, this month is the Sassafras walk. I love this tree, and it is shouting out glory everywhere I go, its leaves a medley of green yellow and salmon.

Also seen:

Young, fresh, dewy rosettes of mullein. Oh yes, I remember: mullein is a bienniel. These won't send up stalks until next year.

A flock of wild turkeys near the tamarack woods

A giant raccoon climbing a tree

...a stink bug, a witch hazel tree...

feverwort with its little orange pumpkins in the axils...

a giant silver maple encircled in royal fern...

great blue herons, chipmunks...

The turkey vultures are still here; the dragonflies are gone.