![Wildflowers!]()
by elizabeth5047 | May 7, 2014 | Flora, Uncategorized |
Check out a recent piece I wrote on...
![Pine Cone at Coon Mountain]()
by elizabeth5047 | Apr 1, 2014 | Flora, Uncategorized |
The photo was taken by Arlo Halloran, Westport Central School, Grade 6. He is one of the students in my Patterns in Nature class this...
![Winter seed heads]()
by elizabeth5047 | Jan 14, 2014 | Flora, Uncategorized |
These seeds of Virgin’s Bower were glowing in the winter sunlight. A beautiful vine at all times of year.
![Summer flowers]()
by elizabeth5047 | Jun 25, 2013 | Flora, Uncategorized |
The white flowers of early June have given way to the pink ones. This thimbleberry caught my attention this morning. The petals look like tissue...
![FIrst Hepatica]()
by elizabeth5047 | Apr 4, 2012 | Flora, Uncategorized |
Over the weekend I saw the first hepatica flowers of the year. They are delicate and curious little flowers that look a little bit furry. I found several single purples and a small bouquet of...
by elizabeth5047 | Sep 2, 2011 | Flora, Uncategorized |
Today I hiked Cook Mountain with some guests from Connecticut. Despite the destruction all over the North Country from last week’s Hurricane Irene, the trail and the forest in Ticonderoga were lovely. We saw mushrooms of nearly every color and shape, and it is amazing to imagine the network below the soil line if the profusion of visible mushrooms is an indication of its extent. I regret missing the mycology conference in Paul Smiths in August–I’m just not sure which of these beauties is edible! ...
