TRR photo by Ed Wesely Near the gold disk of this oxeye daisy, a tiny spider lurks beneath two petals.

Oxeye daisies

Oxeye daisies have been splashing their gold and white colors from meadows and rural roadsides since May, attracting insect pollinators and random spiders.

To find a hiding place on a flat-lying flower is a challenge for even a small spider. But if it bends two white ray flowers into a canopy and binds them with silk (as in the picture), potential victims may not notice it.

I wonder, too, how many European insects were dispersed across the New World with the ox eye, as it spread from eastern seaports in shipments of grain and fodder that contained its seed.

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No fool like an…

Old fool. One day, several years ago, Barb and I fished an area on the Beaverkill that had some very pretty water.

The only problem with fishing this area was the long walk upstream from the parking area. I noticed a small tributary pitching down a steep fall just before it entered the Beaverkill. I wondered if we could park a car along Old Route 17 and then follow that trib down to the Beaverkill.

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All things great and small

Photographer Robert Kim recently purchased land in Sullivan County and looked forward to enjoying the local fishing with great anticipation.

He hooked up with river guide Kevin Riley of “Reel’em In” in Glen Spey and went on an Upper Delaware fishing trip.

Here’s what he wrote about his fishing experience:

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