Variations of Flora From Home and the Preserve



3 indoor cacti




Columbine at home




Pipe Vine




Fiddlehead




Lady Slipper

 Just some of the wide variation of plants that grow in our area as natives or non.  From the thorny cactus to the dainty columbine, to the strange pipe vine, and odd development of the fern that starts as a fiddle head.  Finally the lady slipper that looks like its name sake but would hardly be big enough for my big toe. 

It has been a strange winter and spring, such that things sprung up early due to the unusually warm seasons.  Sadly, when the weather then turned a little cool many early food crops, like peaches were damaged as they had just bloomed too early to sustain the wave of cold and harsh winds. 

Another Visit To Grounds for Sculpture

Another lovely day with my good friend Kathy at the Grounds for Sculpture.  The Peacocks alway seem to  ready to show off their magnificent colors and let me get close enough to show you too.  With the azaleas in bloom I had a lovely frame for the nice little waterfall.  Im working on my post processing skills and had a lot of fun with the two women statues.  I hope you like it.

In Preparation for Earth Day the big Mustard Garlic Pull



Nursery at preserve



Mod Squad detected and iradicated a pile of the invasive alien



some folks just want to enjoy a walk




my handsome driver...in a cart ha!




Drew a regular and very hard worker...






great group on the Ecology Trail and staff member Sebastian in the rear



This is why it is bad to stereo type...all dolled up and ready to weed



I guess I went a little gonzo in the office



Esteemed director..wanted his pic with the red bud in back didnt care about the red car.



girl scout contributions seen on drive out







Red Tail Hawk showing it off in the Meadow

Just this past Thursday I was asked to bring my camera to the Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve to photograph the earthday preparations and clean up of the invasive Mustard Garlic that was scheduled for yesterday.  It was a great day and I had a lot of fun with some great folks. 

ME

sure was windy.

Tower One




 


Ground  floor lobby



Those are some BIG RED BOLTS



I dont know what they are but they have blue and are cool looking




Fake PANO I  cropped it.  View from 89th floor



89th floor

Im on 89th.  Workers were up a bit more.



Going down but I dont want to leave




ground view



This is going to be so cool when finished

How many places do you know where you can see tulips with high rise backdrop.

The captions really tell all.