Category Archives: Flora

06.23.2022 Daisy Fleabane

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Steve Gingold

This has been a great year for Daisy or Annual Fleabane-Erigeron annuus and especially here in the yard.  Everywhere locally really.  It attracts a fair number of insects besides those wonderful hover flies. We had rain most of the day … Continue reading →

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06.20.2022 Silky Dogwood

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Steve Gingold

A bit different in appearance from the dogwoods we are most familiar with, this shrub produces blue berries, not blueberries, that birds are quite happy to consume. Silky Dogwood-Cornus amomum aka Swida amomum. I photographed these in the same field … Continue reading →

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06.19.2022 As with the PT’s so with the GP’s

Posted on June 19, 2022 by Steve Gingold

There are a lot of Grass Pinks right now and it’s pretty hard to say “Well, I’ve already shot a bunch” when there are so many and different enough to keep making images. Kind of like the Painted Trilliums or … Continue reading →

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06.16.2022 Two Ponds, Two Firsts…well four really

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Steve Gingold

On Monday I shot the damselfly, which was a first of that species for me.  But just before that I made an image of a Large Cranberry-Vaccinium macrocarpon flower for the first time. I had seen some of the berries … Continue reading →

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06.13.2022 Texture and Tension (Surface…the good kind)

Posted on June 13, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Sometimes the frog journey provides other subjects.  Yesterday at Moosehorn Pond I heard but saw no frogs.  Not surprising as it was a moderately chilly morning.  However the lily pads are up and one or two had accompanying blooms. This … Continue reading →

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05.30.2022 Macro Monday Madame’s Mocs

Posted on May 30, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Yesterday morning was a lady’s slipper extravaganza.  This appears to be a very good year for them and this is my third location, near Dean Brook, with more than a dozen to choose  from. In all three spots they are … Continue reading →

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05.28.2022 Wet and Wild

Posted on May 28, 2022 by Steve Gingold

From the same morning as the pair I posted last week, these two attracted my attention for the way to were paired and the light filtering through a gap in the undergrowth on the wet leaves. As with many white … Continue reading →

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05.27.2022 I’ll have me a sarsaparilla, barkeep!

Posted on May 27, 2022 by Steve Gingold

I seem to remember that being a line in some old western movie, maybe more than one, and have read that it was the precursor to root beer. After wandering through the woods around Atkins Reservoir last Monday morning enjoying … Continue reading →

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05.24.2022 Your slipper, Milady

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Steve Gingold

There is a wooded area in Amherst where I can reliably, usually, find both pink and white lady’s slippers around this time in May.  Sure enough there were plenty of pinks to photograph yesterday but so far not a single … Continue reading →

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05.22.2022 The return of the Painted Quadrillium

Posted on May 22, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Not exactly a return as this is not the same plant that I posted back in 2016. I found this  about 50 yards from that one but in the same location in Shutesbury. As you can see in the comparison … Continue reading →

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