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crocus photography

monarda

8/3/2020

 
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wild bergamot, bee balm, horsemint (Monarda fistulosa)
wild licorice
snowberry
goldenrod
saskatoon berries
smooth blue aster
wild rose
wolf willow
starry solomon's seal

peonies

7/16/2019

 
just walking around. working on a nasturtium situation.
paeonia
white and red peony with ants
light pink peony with dark pink
light pink peony
dark pink peony flower
white peony
genus: Paeonia (peonies)

wildflowers by brook
genus: Ranunculus (tall buttercups)

equinox

9/22/2018

 
   summer is finished  
very short& exquisitely sweet
Picture
genus Castilleja
Paintbrush, Figwort family (Scrophulariaceae)

fall pansies

9/17/2017

 
pansies
luck with fall pansies!

not so much in spring. or summer, or ever.


pansies and violets belong to genus Viola [in violet family, Violaceae]

cornus sericea

5/7/2017

 
chickadee
chickadee on red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea)
what the heck.

sprouts & bulbs

4/15/2017

 
Daylilies belong in the Hemerocallidaceae plant family (previously Liliaceae). Or is it Asphodelaceae aloes now and formerly grass tree Xanthorrhoeaceae.
daylilies
Genus: Hemerocallis

pasque flowers

4/4/2015

 
pasque flowers
... several days of crocus blooms. bonus, a total lunar eclipse at dawn goddess, Ēostre-Ostara, so a weekend of number 3 tetradiness and plenty of bluish purple flowers. apr 1 was first sighting.

computus: ecclesiastical full moons; council of nicea. first council of nicea. easter-ostara is on the first sun day (Sól, diēs Dominica, Ra Day) after the paschal-passover full moon on or after mar 21, a fixed date, spring equinoxish on gregorian calendar. on julian time easter is apr 12. sister sun, brother moon. sun-Sól (sunday) is the sister of brother moon-Mani (monday).
their father is Mundilfari, one of Saturn's (saturday) 62 moons. newton said the moon falls every day.
arctic sage
wild sage sprig
newton said the moon falls every day.newton said the moon falls every dayit's anemone-windflower-buttercup Greek ἄνεμος-anemos Cold Wind Day, with pasque and a few airy snow flakes. the plant has deep roots. ploughing disrupts its fungal partners. kinnikinnick-bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) was green in march. ermine was white in january. magpie is collecting twigs.
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