NATURE FEATURE: Nine turkeys spread across a dewy field.

NATURE FEATURE: A snapping turtle swam groggily through the chilly water.

NATURE FEATURE: Leaves begin to crunch underfoot.

NATURE FEATURE: Mayflies swooped and dipped in a sine wave mating dance.

NATURE FEATURE: Creeks sink lower into the ground as the drought deepens.

NATURE FEATURE: Two copperheads slithered into the yard from different
directions in one evening. Despite what I've been told, they smelled nothing like cucumbers and instead stank strongly of skunk musk.

NATURE FEATURE: The first goldenrod, cool days, and ripening pumpkins...

NATURE FEATURE: A mink slipped across the floodplain on a dewy morning.

NATURE FEATURE: A woodland sunflower and prematurely dropped walnut remind me that summer heat will eventually end.

NATURE FEATURE: Tiny sourwood bells litter the ground.