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Category: Odes

A New (to me) Camera

FRGPhoto 30 August 202530 August 2025

Several months ago, a good photographer friend of mine died. A couple of weeks ago, his widow invited me to stop by and see what of my friend’s photo gear

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Cilley Family Forest Odes

FRGPhoto 23 July 202524 July 2025

Couple of days ago (Monday to be exact) I spent about an hour (5-6 PM) photographing odes at the Cilley Family Forest in Greenfield (formerly the Robertson Farm whose last

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Independence Day Odes

FRGPhoto 4 July 2025

I finally found some time this afternoon to get out and photograph some odes. My first outing of this summer. I spent a couple of hours along the road at

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Ten Species – Ninety Minutes

FRGPhoto 28 June 202428 June 2024

This afternoon with the temperature in the 70s F, sunny skies and no wind (i.e. ideal odeing weather) I spent an hour and a half (5:00 to 6:30 PM) photographing

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Mostly Meadowhawks

FRGPhoto 26 August 202326 August 2023

Late this afternoon I wandered our yard just to see what was “out and about”. The temperature was in the upper 70s F and the skies clear. It was late

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American Rubyspots

FRGPhoto 25 August 202325 August 2023

The American Rubyspot is a fairly rare but spectacular damselfly. Yesterday, I headed to Hollis, NH one of the two sites*, that I am aware of, where rubyspots are present.

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Down By The River

FRGPhoto 7 August 20237 August 2023

That would be the Contootook River! Late yesterday afternoon I spent about two and a half hours odeing on the Contoocook River by the paper mill in Bennington, New Hampshire…

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Another Round of Odes

FRGPhoto 23 July 202323 July 2023

Late yesterday afternoon I walked the half-mile to Castor Lane (the road through the Harris Center Chenoa property) to look for odes. The temperature was in the upper 70s F

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More Odes, Finally

FRGPhoto 21 July 202323 July 2023

Yesterday (and the day before) were the only sunny days we have had in months. (At least it seems that way!). I spent several hours yesterday afternoon photographing odes over

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Late June Odes

FRGPhoto 24 June 202324 June 2023

On Thursday (22 July 2023) afternoon I carved out about ninety minutes (from 4:30-6:00 PM) for some odeing and took a walk down Hattie Brown Road. The logging operation there

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