An assortment of photos from our readers, from left, Cherry Point, Gwynn’s Island, alight with fireworks on July 2, photo by Carrie Phillips Cullison; a raccoon enjoying a free watermelon near the compost pile of Elizabeth and Pat Roane in Dutton; a very hungry caterpillar in Jerry Young’s backyard in Gloucester Court House; one of four box turtles in Lynn Holt’s Gloucester yard enjoys a feast; and, while not exactly a bald eagle, this peacock was a colorful reminder of the Independence Day festivities as it perched near the American flag at the Pepper Creek home of Mary Chapman on June 30.

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