Ryan McRae

Nature, Wildlife, Gardening, Woodworking, Wrenching, Nature Photography. Blow mold tech of 20 years. Conservative. Southern Indiana native. Cat friendly

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@CrystalHope1979 Eckerty is in the same county I live in. I'll be keeping an eye out for this scum.

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@Arbormate That's awesome of you. Very rewarding to plant trees!

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These canvas prints hang on my dining room wall.

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This high bluff in Southern Indiana overlooks a flood plain on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River known as Paradise Bottom. The oxbow bend in the river creates a peninsula, divided by a wooded ridge, that is one mile wide at its most narrow point. Around here we call this part of the river the Horseshoe Bend.

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This is looking upriver toward the location of Army Corps of Engineers Lock and Dam 44, a wicket dam built in the 1920s and demolished in the 1970s. The powerhouse still stands, although it has been very much neglected. There were once two river islands here which have since eroded away, sadly.

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@tattymatty @bennyjohnson Yeah, the kid deserves to be humiliated.

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The sassafras trees are on fire. Well, not literally on fire. That would be bad.

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@cosmopterix Terry, not Jerry

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@cosmopterix I watch a guy on YouTube named Jerry Janosik. His channel is Forest County Outback. PA has all kinds of cool history and natural beauty.

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@empirenet17 Tulip poplars seem to be lightning magnets. I had one get struck and split about 30 feet down the center. It lived another year before high winds made it twist and blow over. I wish I'd put long bolts through it.

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@Arbormate The Canadian wilderness looks awesome.

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@cosmopterix Great tree, high in wildlife value and spectacular fall foliage. I've got a few saplings waiting to be transplanted.

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@cosmopterix That would make me very happy. I really enjoy watching those interesting little birds.

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I hope some creature appreciates the brush pile I just made from sycamore branches.

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The numerous persimmon trees on my property have been loaded the past few years. The scent really fills the air this time of year, and that's just from what has already fallen. I do believe it's time to break out the wine-making supplies.

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@cosmopterix Beautiful

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It's dangerous out there. Bring your fence lizard with you!

[Mandy Simard @MandyLSimard]

It’s dangerous out there, bring your toad with you! 👀

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@Amer1can_Barbie Absolute hero. RIP to the young victims. There would have been many more innocent lives taken if not for the actions of this brave man.

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@liquid_rigidity @MandyLSimard They rule mine, too, at least until Mr. red-bellied woodpecker comes along.

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@MandyLSimard Oops, you said one little thing. My bad.

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@MandyLSimard Every autumn I look forward to the smell of persimmons, the earthy scent of the forest, and checking trail cams for footage of big bucks in my woods.