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Saturday, May 4, 2024

Some Spring Flowers

I wanted to start posting more regular content here, I really did. But that apparently remains a goal rather than an accomplishment.

And that’s ok.

So please enjoy some flower pr0n, taken this year at the Arboreturm, Canaan Valley SP, and Blackwater Falls SP

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Star Chickweed (Stellaria pubera)

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Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)

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Twinleaf Jeffersonia diphylla

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Toadshade (Trillium sessile)

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Canadian Wild Ginger Asarum canadense

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Large White Trillium Trillium grandiflorum

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Yellow Trout Lily Erythronium americanum

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Carolina Springbeauty Claytonia caroliniana

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Wood Anemone Anemonoides quinquefolia

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Flowering Bluets Genus Houstonia

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Violets Genus Viola

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Lowbush Blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium

FUTURE SNACKS!

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Sunday, September 17, 2023

Picture a Day, Sunday, September 17th

Ghost Pipe

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Friday, September 15, 2023

Picture a Day, Friday, September 15th

Stalked Puffball-in-Aspic Calostoma cinnabarinum

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Monday, September 11, 2023

Picture a Day: Monday, September 11th

Sunflower

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Picture-a-Day, Wednesday, September 6th

pink rose

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Monday, April 17, 2023

Flower Pr0n! Ephemeral Spring Flowers!

It’s been awhile, but the weather is weird and the world is weird, so have some flowers.

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I am low-key obsessed with trout lilies (Erythronium americanum)

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They’re fascinating, ephemeral plants.

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And old. Zack Fowler says the colony at the arboretum is several hundred years old.

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Wood Anemone (Anemonoides quinquefolia) which I wish had another common name, since I always stumble over Anemone.

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Spring Beauties! (Claytonia caroliniana)

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Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

These covered some of the hills we drove by, so I had to stop to verify they were bloodroot. We also saw lots of white trillium along the roadside, but none were anywhere safe to stop.

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This picture looks boring and empty, but that greenery covering the forest floor?

Ramps!

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Scenic Bits from Various Hikes

I’ve been (for quite awhile now) failing at posting about recent hikes.

So here are some pictures from the past month or so.

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Sunday, June 26, 2022

Sunday Flower Pr0n: Maine-ly Rhododendrons

When I said that Maine seemed to have a thing about Rhododendrons, I wasn’t kidding. This was an entire garden dedicated to them.

Asticou Azalea Garden

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This is actually a common wild Rhododendron, which I had never seen before.

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This counts as a tree frog, right?

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Sunday, June 19, 2022

Sunday Flower P0rn: Maine-ly Flowers

These were taken at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens at the end of May.

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I’ve not seen a red bleeding heart around here!

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Rhododendron was surprisingly popular in Maine.

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They had a fairy garden section, which was cute.

But mostly I just liked the rocks.

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Sunday, June 12, 2022

Sunday Flower Pr0n

Flower pr0n from far places.

Mountain Top Arboretum (Tannersville, NY)

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Larch!

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Paper birch

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Water lilies

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(Not a flower)

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Marsh

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Thursday, April 7, 2022

Spring Flower Pr0n

I’m trying to post more frequently here.

Not a lot of success, but I’m trying.

So as your reward, here is some flower pr0n from the Arboretum!

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I never see a lot of bloodroot flowers, so I’m generally excited when I spot one.

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Just a couple of delphiniums were up

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Lots and lots of trillium, including this weirdo!

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Early bluebells are up, but nowhere near peak yet.

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Lots and lot of spring beauties

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Some trout lilies!

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Chickweed!

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And downtown, some cherry blossoms

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Sunday, June 28, 2020

Sunday Flower Pr0n: WV Botanic Garden

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Sunday, June 21, 2020

Sunday Flower Pr0n: Mountain Laurel

I GOT TO GO TO THE WOODS YESTERDAY!

Why is this exciting? Because it’s been five weeks already since I broke my foot, and since the weather was lovely, I put on my foot, grabbed my crutches, and we took a short hike at Coopers Rock.

It was LOVELY to be in the forest. Especially since one of my favorite flowers was on display.

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Hiking with Crutches

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Friday, December 13, 2019

Flowers and Lights

Wednesday I was lucky enough to get to go to the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens for the light show.

Yeah, there was flower pr0n galore, but the lights were really wonderful.

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I took a few more pictures, which you can see if you click through to Flickr.

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