Dead trees

Moon phase: Waxing crescent
Weather: Warm & sunny

Here's my first picture from my recent trip to Maine. Lots more on the way...

Mugwort leaf

Moon phase: Waning crescent
Weather: Hot and raining

The underside of a mugwort leaf (Artemisia vulgaris). Mugwort has a number of uses: it's a flavoring for meat and beer, it's used as an emmenagogue/abortifacient, and it's used to induce lucid, vivid, and prophetic dreams, among other things. It's a non-native plant, but I still love it.

More info from my herbs site.

Spiderwort

Moon phase: Waning crescent
Weather: Hot & humid

Spiderwort flowers (Tradescantia virginiana).

Hawk

Moon phase: Waning crescent
Weather: Endlessly hot & humid
Phenology: Black-eyed susans are blooming

A hawk on McKinley Street in NW. For a while there were a pair I would see around there occasionally, but I haven't seen them in a while. Based on the tail markings, I think it's a juvenile red-tailed hawk, but I'm far from an expert.

Assateague sky

Moon phase: Waxing gibbous
Weather: Hot

The last photo from Assateague. I'm going out of town for a week, but when I get back I'll have lots of photos from Maine to go through.