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Tag Archives: intimate landscape
08.16.2019 Bubble Pond Cedars: Together for life
Another old (1994) Acadia image recently reprocessed. These two Atlantic Cedars have an obvious attraction to each other. When visiting Acadia last year, I saw that their grip was as strong as ever. This same trail presents this mystery as … Continue reading
08.13.2019 Well, it ain’t exactly Texas
I am always envious of the wide swaths of wildflowers my Texas friends share in their blogs. Most of the time here in Western Massachusetts the flowers are in small patches with a few exceptions like Goldenrod or Buttercups. I … Continue reading
Posted in ecology, Flora, Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers
Tagged Amherst, Buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis, flora, Golden Hedge-hyssop, Gratiola aurea, intimate landscape, landscape, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, New England, western massachusetts, Wildflowers
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07.31.2019 Dean Brook Dribble
A bit of an exaggeration, but the brooks around here are all now mostly rocks with just a slow flow of shallow water. The forecast keeps predicting heavy downpours from passing thunder storms but so far we haven’t seen it. … Continue reading
Posted in Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Waterfalls, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades
Tagged cascades, Dean Brook, intimate landscape, landscape, Massachusetts, Murphy Falls, New England, New England Waterfalls, Shutesbury, water, waterfall, western massachusetts
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07.11.2019 Beebalm
Bee Balm-Monarda didyma is non-native and mostly an escaped garden plant when found in the wild. In this case, these are in our garden and I’ve not photographed them as often as I should. I posted one from 2008 a little … Continue reading
Posted in Flora
Tagged bee balm, flora, intimate landscape, Monarda didyma, non-native flowers, non-native plant, non-native species, Wildflowers
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07.10.2019 Two more wildflowers, one summer and one late spring
Tall Meadow-rue-Thalictrum pubescens I usually find these profusely flowered summer plants, as the name suggests, in meadows or forest edges. It was nice finding one with an easier background, a lake full of waterlilies and a distant tree line. I … Continue reading
Posted in Flora, Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, wildflower portrait, Wildflowers
Tagged flora, Indian Cucumber, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, Medeola virginiana, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, Quabbin, Tall Meadow-rue, Thalictrum pubescens, western massachusetts, Wildflowers
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07.06.2019 Mycotroph as Norma Desmond
Almost pretty enough to be a movie star. 🙂 One-flowered Indian Pipe-Monotropa uniflora is a parasite having a symbiotic relationship with fungi for most all its needs. They are found singly, as above, or in clusters, but each is a … Continue reading
Posted in Closeup Photography, ecology, Flora, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Quabbin, wildflower portrait, Wildflowers
Tagged flora, Indian pipe, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, Monotropa uniflora, mycotroph, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, one-flowered Indian-pipe, Petersham, Quabbin, western massachusetts, Wildflowers
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07.02.2019 Two+ from West Branch of Fever Brook Pond
Partridge berries make nice ground cover and, of course, keep partridges fat and happy. One of these days I’ll get a shot of the berries but for now this pair of flowers (they are always in pairs) will do. This … Continue reading
Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Fungi, Nature Photography, Quabbin
Tagged Amanita, flora, fungus, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, Mitchella repens, mushroom, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, Quabbin, Quabbin wildflowers, western massachusetts, Wildflowers, Women's Federated Clubs State Forest
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