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April 9th, 2024 By Jim Edward About 20 years ago, I started treating myself to a special “outdoors day” on or around my birthday each year. I would go somewhere in the Chesapeake Bay watershed for a hike and take photos all day. Over the years, more often than not, I would wind up going…
Blogger Dave Hirschman June 15, 2021 I am being followed. Or, rather, I am following. I keep glancing over my shoulder to see if it is still there. Not because I feel threatened, but because it is cheering me along, whether on foot or bicycle. The subject is Packera aurea, known commonly as golden…
Guest Blogger David Gibson July 7th, 2020 I’d like to begin with a few personal sketches. An Unusual Discovery My wife and I are committed birders. In our backyard, we provide birds with food, water, and places to nest and take cover. We also have a “yard list” of 77 species—the number of bird…
Beautiful pictures of flowering spring native plants (mostly shade perennials), like wood poppy, trillium, woodland phlox and more! See the full album on our flickr page.
Photographs from a visit to Ladew Topiary Gardens and House in late August 2014; some native plants used in the landscaping as well as close-ups of native butterflies/caterpillars and flowers in the new, seasonal, Butterfly House.
View all photos from the trip on flickr: Ladew Topiary Gardens (Aug 2014).