Memories Of Bluets

May 20, 2026

We moved into the little house in Cheverly Manor when I was just a few months old. We lived there for the next 15 years. The place where I first learned about nature. Getting to know the trees and flowers that my Mom and Dad planted in the yard, and the ones that nature planted in the yard.

These tiny flowers are like the ones that nature planted in the yard. They’re Bluets (Houstonia caerulea) which my camera captured in pixels in Shenandoah National Park just a bit ago. Bluets might be the first flower that I became acquainted with, blooming each year in May at the back of the yard, under the Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica). Back there, a opening in the fence that would lead into the woods, and much more nature.

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.

2 thoughts on “Memories Of Bluets”

  1. Happy, Happy Birthday, Brenda! I hope your day has been as wonderful as you are.

    Love,
    Your Birthday Twin

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