2018-03-24 - Saturday - Spring plants

Spring happenings in the back yard. Things are popping all over.

May apples.

Cranefly orchids.

Fiddle heads.

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2017-10-18 - Wednesday - Construction/destruction, orchids, and butter dishes

Wednesday I was getting gas at BJ's Wholesale Club and noticed that someone had removed all the trees across the street. There used to be a thick grove of trees where the open area is now. I remember standing at the gas pump during a prior summer and thinking that the noise from the cicadas in that grove was deafening but wonderful. Now all those cicadas, and all the things that fed and ate the cicadas were gone.

I miss those trees.

The cranefly orchids have sent up their nourishing leaves for the fall/winter. I'm pleased that these rescued native plants are thriving here in our yard.

Later I went to Clayworks and worked on some more butter dishes.

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2016-08-08 - Monday - Garden

Monday I checked on the garden after being gone for a week. Things are always changing in the yard so you have to pay attention.

The cranefly orchids were blooming and some kind of stinkhorn fungus was emerging.

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
    -- Ferris Bueller

I got this fortune Sunday night after just returning
from a week-long cruise... whatever.

Cranefly orchids blooming.
The wind was blowing, so check out the video below
for a better view of these delicate flowers.

Stinkhorn fungus.

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