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Sunday, September 22, 2019

Sunday Flower Pr0n: Cranberry Glades

Late September is when the earliest leaves change color in areas like Cranberry Glades and Dolly Sods and Canaan Valley. Since I love Cranberry Glades best that’s where we went.

Not much in the way of leaf color, but a beautiful day nevertheless.

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Written by Michelle at 6:59 pm    

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Sunday, August 25, 2019

Sunday Flower Pr0n: Blackwater Canyon Edition

The monitor on my Asus laptop died, and although I did use my desktop computer for processing images, if I’m going to spend lots of time on the computer, I’d rather do so upstairs on a laptop, so Michael and I can be in the same room ignoring each other.

Saturday we hiked the rail trail along the Blackwater Canyon, and we did manage to see wildflowers (even if there were (sadly) no snacks along the trail).

Not *quite* UF, but definitely not high fantasy, I do recommend Steven Brust’s Vlad Taltos series. I’ve fallen off keeping up with the series, because there were a LOT of delays for about a decade, but I need to pick it back up.

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Written by Michelle at 8:24 pm    

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Sunday, June 30, 2019

Sunday Flower Pr0n: Cranberry Glades

Orchids were in bloom at Cranberry Glades.

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Also in bloom:

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It was a LOVELY day to be in the Cranberry Wilderness and walk the Cranberry Glades boardwalk.

Written by Michelle at 7:14 pm    

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Sunday, June 23, 2019

Sunday Flower Pr0n

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Written by Michelle at 12:08 pm    

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Sunday, June 16, 2019

Sunday Flower Pr0n: WV Botanic Garden

Wednesday Jules and I went to the WV Botanic garden for a walk and to take pictures.

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Written by Michelle at 1:33 pm    

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Sunday, June 2, 2019

Sunday Flower Pr0n: Mountain Laurel

Mountain laurel is probably my favorite WV native flower.

I adore the open flowers, and how they look like porcelain tea cups. The the buds are a marvel, with their sharp lines and darker colors.

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So gorgeous.

Written by Michelle at 7:54 pm    

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Sunday, May 19, 2019

Sunday Flower Pr0n: Canaan Valley Edition

Our original plans for the weekend were thrown into disarray, so we went to Canaan Valley on Saturday for a little hiking, and to see what spring wildflowers were out.

Answer: lots and lots.

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Sunday, May 12, 2019

Sunday Flower Pr0n: Cacapon State Park

I really want an app that gives me the forecast for the state and tells me where it will NOT be raining over the weekend. Is that really so much to ask?

The forecast looked least wet in the Berkeley Springs area, so we headed east to do some hiking at Cacapon.

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Irises

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Pink Lady Slipper

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FUTURE SNACKS!!!!

Written by Michelle at 9:25 am    

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Sunday, April 28, 2019

Sunday Flower Pr0n: Cranberry Glades

Our last hike (Canaan & Blackwater Falls) were a dud as far as spring wildflowers went.

Our trip to Cranberry Glades was FULL of wildflowers. It was a gorgeous day.

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Swamp cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus

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Marsh Marigold Caltha palustris

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Pitcher Plants Sarracenia

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Trout lily!

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Trillium!

Written by Michelle at 11:15 am    

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Sunday, April 14, 2019

Sunday Flower Pr0n: Blackwater Falls & Canaan Edition

I wanted to get out of town this weekend, so we headed to Canaan / Blackwater Falls, because they’re so close.

I also wanted to see wild flowers; I should have suggested New River Gorge. Because there was not much in bloom. But there were some things.

I know the area is a couple weeks behind is, but I expected I might see bloodroot or spring beauties. Nope. I did see leaves for upcoming trout lilies.

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Clubmoss!

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Violets!

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Bluets! (I adore bluets)

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And OMG! Pixie cup lichens!

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So! Adorable!

Written by Michelle at 12:57 pm    

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Sunday, April 7, 2019

Sunday Flower Pr0n: WVU Arboretum

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Trout lily Erythronium americanum

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Dutchman’s Breeches Dicentra cucullaria

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Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis

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Bluebells Mertensia virginica

Written by Michelle at 6:00 am    

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Sunday, August 5, 2018

Sunday Flower Pr0n: Botanic Garden Edition

It was a nice walk at the Botanic Garden, but it’s hot and humid and now we’re both wiped out.

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Written by Michelle at 2:55 pm    

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Sunday, July 8, 2018

Sunday Flower Pr0n: Cranberry Wilderness

Rhododendron (The WV State Flower!)

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Bird’s Foot Trefoil (Lotus cornicilatus)

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Sweet clover (Melilotus)

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Coreopsis (Tickseed)

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Written by Michelle at 10:55 am    

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Sunday, June 17, 2018

Sunday Flower Pr0n: I <3 Day Lilies

I love day lilies. I think it’s because they so exuberant. I have multiple cultivars (they don’t all bloom at the same time, so even without the Stella D’Oros I have about a month of day lilies).

I have lots of hostas not because I love them, but because they grow in shade, which I have a lot of, and they’ll thrive.

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Visitor at the hostas.

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Because I have so much shade, I also have several varieties of fern.

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Here are the ubiquitous Stella D’Oros. These get put anywhere I want to ignore.

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And two of the other day lily varieties blooming now.

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Written by Michelle at 12:32 pm    

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