Today I saw some sort of green bee in the Golden Currants. It is a bit out of focus but I feel it needs to be posted for the “Today I Saw” record.
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Today I Saw
Today I Saw
Today I saw a wolf spider with several baby spiders on its back.
Today I Saw
Today I saw the flowering parts of a Black Locust tree, which I think Mary Oliver described in a poem she called “Honey Locust”. Poetic license?
Today I Saw
Today I saw

Siberian Elm
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Today I saw the flowering part of a Russian Olive tree.
and.. for good measure, I also saw the flower of the aforementioned and oft (recently) photographed Bryony.
Today I Saw
A bug hanging on to the Mulberry Tree as if its life depended on it.
Today I Saw
Today I met Bryonia from the tribe Benincaseae. It read to me from the gospel of Cucurbitales which, if translated correctly, claimed an intention to take over the planet.

Bryony
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Today I saw a flying insect in the Golden Currant bush by the creek.
Today I Saw
Today I saw some variety of wasp riding out the wind on a Box Elder Maple leaf.