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A Rare Find
A couple weekends ago, my husband and I went for a drive to parts of the county we had not been to in years. As usual, I scanned the landscape for beautiful vistas and wildflowers. That morning, we saw scarlet-red … Continue reading
Today was a Good Day
Sunday was a good day for a hike up on Spruce Knob, West Virginia’s highest mountain. The air is so clear that you can see for miles from the top. It’s a great day to ride motorcycles with a group … Continue reading
Posted in Animals and Critters, Appalachia, Flora, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tagged abundance, aster, bald eagle, beauty, fishing, gentian, gratitude, great blue lobelia, Harley Davidson motorcycle, hawk, hike, mountains, osprey, pearly everlasting, photography, postaday, Spruce Knob, Spruce Knob Lake, vista, Weekly Photo Challenge: Today was a good day, West Virginia, wild onion, wildflowers
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Half Adventure, Half Terror
In the last three weeks, I was able to visit an unusual and fascinating natural area in West Virginia three times – Cranberry Glades in the Monongahela National Forest. The swampy bogs in this area host a variety of wildflowers … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Animals and Critters, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tagged adventure, bear encounter, bee balm, black bear, bog, bog forest, Cranberry Glades, ebony jewelwing damselfly, elderberry, grass-pink orchid, Monongahela National Forest, nature, photography, postaweek, swamp, turtlehead, Weekly Photo Challenge: Half and Half, wilderness, wildflowers
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Vivid and Handmade (2)
This morning, I walked along the fence line and started collecting wildflowers currently in bloom. I ended up with this handmade bouquet of flowers (aka ‘weeds’) that come up on their own, or have naturalized from an initial planting. What … Continue reading
Posted in Flora, Musings, Travel Theme Challenge, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tagged abundance, bouquet, Evening Primrose, generosity, gift, giving, grasses, Kahlil Gibran, nature's bounty, offering, Sweet William, The Prophet, Travel Theme: Handmade, Weekly Photo Challenge: Vivid, wildflowers
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On the Edges
My eyes always scan the edges – edges of the road, forest edges, water’s edge, ridge edges. Life seems richer and more alive along the edges. Driving along a one-lane ridge road on Virginia’s highest elevation, Allegheny Mountain, you feel … Continue reading
Posted in Animals and Critters, Appalachia, Flora, Travel Theme Challenge
Tagged bear, datura, deer, Ironweed, jimson weed, Joe Pye Weed, road edge, seedhead, teasel, Travel Theme Edge, wild parsnip, wildflowers
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The Beauty Along the Road 