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I don't trust flowers. There are grounds for my suspicion; flowering plants are proven masters of deception. For instance, the sundew uses sparkling droplets of sticky "faux dew" to ensnare and digest curious flies...

As I have sailed past the half-century mark, I've begun to take note - usually with displeasure - of those activities that remind me that I'm getting older. Reading in dim lighting conditions is a near impossibility these days...

Beech nuts, gravel, emergent vegetation. Where was this strange amalgamation found?

Every other week we run a photo of something unusual found in the woods. Guess what it is and you'll be eligible to win a copy of The Outside Story, a paperback collection of our Outside Story newspaper columns. A prize winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries. The correct answer, and the winner's name, will appear in our next e-newsletter. 

Ellen Snyder stumbled across this in New Hampshire and thought we might appreciate it. We ate it up.                   

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