Sam’s Knob

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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 of sweet bee balm in the meadow.

Meadow grasses.

Meadow ❤️

Black Balsam in the distance.

Views from the short trail up to Sam’s Knob.

Views from the top of Sam’s Knob.

Trail Critters.

Cat Gap Loop

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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 some soon.

Blue Ridge Parkway in early May

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Some pics from a damp evening on the BRP near Mt. Mitchell.

Appalachian Spring Wildflowers: Part 2

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Mostly fiddlehead ferns (they’re so sweet and whimsical!), bellwort, chickweed, solomon’s seal, and dwarf crested iris.

March, so far

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March is very sweet. My nine year old daughter looked at one of these photos and said “that’s really dramatic” and I couldn’t agree more. Nature is drama. After months of cold and grey, all of the flowers in these photos pop up for a few weeks out of the year, command attention, and then they disappear for 11 months. If that isn’t drama I don’t know what is.