Trail-side pretties. Unfortunately, my cell phone camera couldn’t do it justice.
Plants and Flowers
Yuccas at the abandoned homestead. You know you are getting near the old homestead when you start seeing the yuccas. Big Piney Trail — December 2024.
December 3, 2024 14:42
Virginia Bluebells by the trail — Three quarters of an hour later and I’m quite possibly near to where I’d land if I miss-stepped and fell off the scenic overlook. Though more likely I’d be impaled on some tree somewhere on the way down. Probably best to not dwell on that.
March 28, 2024 13:24
Signs of civilization — The yucca plants appear wherever there used to be an old homestead. Backpacking the Big Piney Trail, December 2023.
December 6, 2023 12:41
Hibiscus — Hollywood. Our hibiscuses have generally been a bit ‘Meh’ this year, so this one stood out. The blue tinge is due to reflected skylight, not coloring.
September 1, 2023 13:29
Rose Verbena (Rose Vervain) — Bit of a nothing picture. At the time, though, I’d just finished hiking through a section of dense trees, and the colors in the sudden patch of sunlight really popped.
April 29, 2023 15:19
Black Eyed Susan and backpack – Before heading up the ‘Farm Track Trail’ and into ‘Shelob’s Lair’ I stopped to fill up with cool creek water and a dunk in Piney Creek. It was cold but very refreshing.
September 13, 2022 14:54
March Hibiscus – we moved our hibiscus plants inside for the winter and they have rewarded us by flowering every now and then.
March 10, 2022 19:51
Bedroom Plants – Same old story, I liked the light.
March 8, 2022 20:33
The soft light on a dull rainy day on these flowers Ginger picked and placed on the kitchen table caught my eye, and prompted a discovery. One-minute read, +1
October 29, 2021 16:00
Flowering Prickly Pear Cactus. +1
June 4, 2021 17:14
Isolated – Some trail-side plants and I find some water. 2 pictures
October 25, 2020 15:01
Ginger recently undertook a project to make a vessel a day for 100 days. Most days a new vessel of some sort would appear on my desk. The vases came with flowers, and the pots came with small plants. One-minute read, 2 pictures
August 9, 2020 16:29
Stamen – Hibiscus plant in the back yard. I was chatting with Ginger when I noticed the contrast between the light on the stamen of this flower and the darkness of the greenery behind it.
July 23, 2020 12:43
Flowering meadow – Day Two, Hercules Glades, Pees Hollow Trail.
June 21, 2020 14:03
Heading east on the Pilot Trail at Hercules Glades Wilderness – In modern parlance that would be the Tower Trail.
April 25, 2020 14:58
Indian paintbrush – Castilleja, commonly known as Indian paintbrush or prairie-fire. 2 pictures
April 25, 2020 14:46
Trailside Fungi. In my current favorite color. 2 pictures
January 26, 2020 11:40
Leaf and Leaves
August 4, 2018 10:46
Spring Daffodils – Carter Family Cemetery – Busiek Red / Yellow Trail. We hiked up the ridge and past the Carter Family Cemetery. 3 pictures
March 9, 2018 11:28
When I noticed the sunlight dappling the flower I decided to take the picture, no matter how twee hibiscus flower pictures are. Thinking about it; for a better shot I should have got the sunlight in the background behind the stamen.
June 14, 2017 15:52
Hibiscus. +3
May 14, 2017 13:24
Kitchen Window – We’re staying at our friend Penny’s house in Wales. This is the wonderful view out of her kitchen window. 3 pictures
May 21, 2016 8:22
Old man’s beard on the trees at the edge of the bluff