Feb. 27, 2021

In search of the bushfire ephemerals

We took a day trip off road in search of elusive 'bushfire ephemerals' - wildflowers that are only seen once in a generation.

by johnw

Oct. 10, 2020

Scattering Abroad

For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad. -Edwin Way Teale Canal Path - Searsmont,…

by sighdell

Oct. 08, 2020

Bunchberry

The smallest member of the Dogwood family has dark-green and shiny leaves in summer, become wine-red in fall. Searsmont, Maine

by sighdell

Oct. 03, 2020

Springtime at Fingal

by johnw

Sept. 23, 2020

Be a Weed!

by sighdell

Sept. 19, 2020

Yellow Wood-sorrel - Oxalis stricta

A low spreading plant with clover-like, sour-tasting leaves and 1 to several yellow flowers. It is especially common as a garden weed. Lincolnville, Maine

by sighdell

Sept. 17, 2020

New England Aster -Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

New England Asters are among my favorite wildflowers. Along with the goldenrods and native grasses, asters are the quintessential herbaceous fall color plants…

by sighdell

Sept. 11, 2020

Jewelweed, Impatiens capensis

Jewelweed is an annual plant native to northern and eastern North America that also goes by other common names including orange balsam, orange jewelweed,…

by sighdell

Sept. 03, 2020

False Sunflower - Heliopsis helianthoides

Heliopsis helianthoides is a mouthful, but it basically means sunflower-like. Although similar in looks, Heliopsis helianthoides is not the same as the…

by sighdell

Sept. 01, 2020

Sunflowers

I live about ten minutes from small nature reserve called Churchtown near my hometown Saltash Cornwall, the reserve is surrounded by the river Tamar, and is…

by massey

Sept. 02, 2020

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) - a Treasured Native

Bright and cheerful Black-eyed Susan Its seems you grow all over; In gardens and beside the road Happy flower, quite the rover. -Sam Kauffman Camden, Maine

by sighdell

Sept. 02, 2020

Colours of the South Australian Outback

One of my passions is to show the beauty of the place that we live in. Our station is dry and currently there is a dust storm outside. But we love walking, and…

by alarid

Sept. 01, 2020

The Time is Not Yet

by sighdell

Aug. 31, 2020

Queen Anne's Lace - Daucus carota

Queen Anne’s lace earned its common name from a legend that tells of Queen Anne of England (1665-1714) pricking her finger and a drop of blood landed on white…

by sighdell

Aug. 31, 2020

Sliding Down the Back of Summer

by sighdell

Aug. 27, 2020

Wildflower Road

My family and Govie were driving back from town and we just had to stop to pick some flowers for the table. We are loving the green and colours coming up in the…

by alarid

Aug. 27, 2020

Goldenrod

by sighdell

Aug. 27, 2020

Last Hurrah - Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)

by sighdell

Aug. 23, 2020

Gothic Road

Just outside Crested Butte there’s a dirt road that winds around the mountain, past a wide, gorgeous valley, through the ghost town of Gothic and beyond where…

by lookagain

Aug. 18, 2020

Beauty in Weeds

by sighdell