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buffalo bur nightshade

and horse crippler cactus (with assassin bug)

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solstice sunset

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Cora, spider hole, virginia pepperweed, roadrunner,

dragonfly, phoebe, Cora

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water-bowl divining with my familiars

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top photo is silverleaf nightshade - very common

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a pair of whistling ducks came and hung out on the back fence for a while

the butterfly is a checkered skipper

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mesquite cicada

(a tiny, super-cool cicada, about one-eighth the size of other cicadas)

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bluebird

devil's claw

hoverfly and diamond flower

three-banded grasshopper