20150823 Hartley Bay Road and Highway 522

We went for a drive to Hartley Bay on the French River where we saw this abandoned dwelling with a productive highbush cranberry in front …

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This beekeeper protects his honey from bears with a solar-powered electrified fence.

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I am not sure what is happening here.  Providing water for the bees?

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Another Viburnum trilobum:

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Lead-in lines supporting the shadows? …

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Andrew Wyeth style …. “Christina Olson’s barn without Christina“??

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Yet another female Monarch, this time on a goldenrod …

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South side of “Halfway Snowmobile Trail”  on Hwy 522.

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Small Cabbage White at Portage Lake:

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Another beautiful day in paradise!