Tendrils

Category: Blooms

  • Always — New Things!

    The Joy Of Discovery Each day as I start out on my hike there is anticipation.  What new things will I find?  Summer is drawing to a close and with it, the days, which earlier this season had been extremely wet, are now quite dry.  The waterfall which I pass along the way is a…

  • Don’t Blame The Goldenrod!

    Such A Cheer! The brilliant yellow of Goldenrod is such a cheer for any day in late summer.  There are more that 50 species of Goldenrod in North America.  That’s a daunting number for someone who is a compulsive classifier.  One of these days I will tackle, figuring out which of the 50 species I…

  • Brilliant Yellow Wingstem

    My First Up Close Look I got my first up close look at this brilliant yellow Wingstem while checking out a wonderful field of Sunflowers that my yoga teacher had planted at her studio.  There were so many Sunflower “faces” looking toward the sun, but the Wingstem caught my eye, in a wild patch of…

  • Chicory Or Blue Lettuce?

    Such A Tall Blue Flower! Several days ago I came upon a very tall flowering plant that took me by surprise.  It made me think of a plant that I often see with yellow flowers that is quite common in power line rights of way.  This one, though, was definitely periwinkle blue!  What in the world…

  • Blue Plate Special With Crab

                        I love to photograph the Chicory plant, Cichorium intybus, when it is in bloom.  Its periwinkle blue coloring is such a cheery sight! Today, as I hiked up the mountain, I didn’t intend to capture this particular flower in pixels but I took a peek and there…

  • Blue Lettuce

    So many plants called Lettuce. Tall and most often with little yellow flowers. I was very surprised a couple days ago to find something similar looking but without the usual lobed leaves and BLUE flowers! Yesterday I pulled down one of these tall plants, so that I could actually see the flower and was struck…