January Sky – Field beyond Fletcher Park

Fletcher Park Sky - 10 January 2015

Fletcher Park Sky – 10 January 2015

Fletcher Park – 4 January 2015

Cane Creek at Fletcher Park - 4 January 2015

Cane Creek at Fletcher Park – 4 January 2015

Martha and Walker at Fletcher Park - 4 January 2015

Martha and Walker at Fletcher Park – 4 January 2015

Strike the pose - 4 January 2015

Strike the pose – 4 January 2015

 

Martha at Fletcher Park

Martha at Fletcher Park - 1 January 2015

Martha at Fletcher Park – 1 January 2015

Beach House at Patrick Air Force Base

Florida Anglers Resort Sign

Anglers Resort Leesburg, Florida - 27 December 2014

Anglers Resort Leesburg, Florida – 27 December 2014

Florida Anglers Resort Sign - 27 December 2014

Florida Anglers Resort Sign – 27 December 2014

Maggie Vining’s 80th Birthday Party

New York Ironweed Revisited

New York Ironweed [Vernonia noveboracensis] found at Fletcher Park on 25 October 2014. It’s dried up and ready to give back to the land.


USDA Plants Listing: Vernonia noveboracensis

New York Ironweed - 25 Oct 2014

New York Ironweed – 25 Oct 2014

Fletcher Park – Cane Creek Bridge

Railway Bridge - 5 October 2014

Railway Bridge – 5 October 2014

Sign under railway bridge - 5 October 2014

Sign under railway bridge – 5 October 2014

Across the bridge - 5 October 2014

Across the bridge – 5 October 2014

Down Cane Creek - 5 October 2014

Down Cane Creek – 5 October 2014

Christopher Mello’s Garden

The Garden of Christopher Mello

Smooth Solomon’s Seal

Smooth Solomon’s Seal [Polygonatum biflorum] found near the Blue Ridge Parkway in South Asheville, just off the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, on 26 May 2014. It’s a member of the Lily (Liliaceae) family. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, pages 342-343 states that it blooms in woods in late spring and early summer. The photo of the fruit bearing plant below was taken at Collier Cove on 21 September 2014.

USDA Plants Listing: Polygonatum biflorum

Smooth Solomon's Seal (underside) near the Blue Ridge Parkway - 26 May 2014

Smooth Solomon’s Seal (underside) near the Blue Ridge Parkway – 26 May 2014

Smooth Solomon's Seal (missing leaves) - 26 May 2014

Smooth Solomon’s Seal (missing leaves) – 26 May 2014

Smooth Solomon's Seal (fruit) - 21 September 2014

Smooth Solomon’s Seal (fruit) – 21 September 2014