Weekend Wandering
Some pictures from Long Branch Environmental Education Center. This place was pretty neat. Some pictures from a short walk in Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, an old growth… More
Garden Poppies
Playing around with evening light and the poppies growing in my garden. (Also realizing it’s time for me to figure out how to clean the sensor on… More
Sam’s Knob
Went out to my favorite spot over the weekend. Dodder has taken over the high spot above the meadow below Sam’s Knob. Flowers in the meadow. Lots… More
Garden Critters and Blooms
Flying Cloud Farm is only 6 miles from my apartment. They have community UPick flower fields, so I find myself there with my macro lens pretty often.… More
Garden Project – June Update
The garden has quadrupled in size. (Hoping that diatomaceous earth will take care of what I think are flea beetles munching on the eggplant.)
Congaree National Park
There is a national park in the middle of nowhere in the middle of South Carolina. Who knew. It’s a pretty cool place with a really neat… More
Garden Project – update
The beds are set up and all of the planting happened over the weekend! We have ten different tomato plants (at least), basil, eight different pepper plants… More
Garden Project
Early in the spring I started a container garden outside my front door. Here are early photos from the first week of May: Here are photos from… More
Cat Gap Loop
Some pictures from a walk on Cat Cap Loop trail in Pisgah National Forest. The lady slippers were not quite ready to bloom, but hopefully I’ll see… More
Early morning walk in the dew
Here are some photos from a really nice morning a few weeks ago. I woke up early and saw that my corner of the world was drenched… More
Laurens, South Carolina
Upstate South Carolina is full of old textile towns and I think they’re so fun to explore. Even though it’s much hotter down there, I could spend… More
Appalachian Spring Wildflowers: Part 2
Mostly fiddlehead ferns (they’re so sweet and whimsical!), bellwort, chickweed, solomon’s seal, and dwarf crested iris.
Appalachian Spring Wildflowers: Part 1
Some photos from a few different walks in the woods in April. Jack-in-the-pulpit, more spring beauty, trillium, fleabane, more ragwort, dutchman’s breeches, tons of violets, and a… More
Moon shots
Some shots of the moon as we lead up to a (hopefully clear) full moon weekend – the first full moon with my new lens.
Bloodroot on the Appalachian Trail
Spending time in the woods yesterday reminded me of yet another Mary Oliver poem: ‘How I go to the woods’. Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone,… More
Soft mornings
There is magic in quiet mornings. Mary Oliver sums it up in one of my favorite poems, ‘Softest of Mornings’. (Okay, every poem Mary Oliver ever wrote… More
Moon and birds
I took my new zoom lens out for its first spin during an early morning moonrise. I quickly learned variable aperture = learning curve. The sun was… More
Up popped the crocus
I was walking through a residential neighborhood in West Asheville earlier in the week when I spotted dozens of crocus on the edge of the lawn ahead.… More
Marion and Clinchfield Mill.
Photos taken east of Asheville, NC The photos below were taken at a Clinchfield Mill in Marion, NC. It burned down a few years ago.
FOTD – January 29th (zinnias)
Here are some colorful shots of zinnias from over the summer. They’re one of my favorite flowers. Looking through these sweet flower photos has inspired me to… More
Light and Shadow
Found some free time and sunshine over the weekend. The quiet time was lovely and it was fun experimenting with light and shadows. Mulatu even sat still… More
FOTD – January 27th (thistle)
Thistle! Aside from wild carrot, it’s my favorite summer wildflower. Here is a shot of my favorite meadow in WNC. It’s chock full of thistle and pollinators… More
FOTD – January 26th
This isn’t a flower, but, damnit, 2020 was weird (!!!), so here is a sweet lil green reminder that spring is coming soon enough. I am literally… More
FOTD – January 25th
Came across this “Flower of the Day (FOTD) Challenge” and I’m going to try to post as often as possible. 🙂 What a fun way to regularly… More
January, so far.
You guessed it. Another moody, gloomy, winter botanicals post. I can’t get enough of these dreamy vintages lenses. I could walk around anywhere all day and not… More
Nine Million Rainy Days
Today I took an afternoon walk during what seems like the mine millionth day of gloomy, wintry rain and snow (minus The Jesus and Mary Chain). Here… More
Inside Newry Mill
I found some backup and went back to explore the inside of the old Newry cotton mill. Once you’re inside it isn’t as spooky as I thought… More
Mulatu in rainbows
My best friend gave me a sweet window crystal that I put in my bedroom to cast rainbows everywhere. Found kitty Mulatu sitting in one a few… More
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