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Say what you will about real Oregonians not using umbrellas, the only reason more of us were not using them on this day was because none of the rest of us thought to bring one. This was an especially wet day spent trudging, sliding and clambering around southern Washington in search of waterfalls.
Towards the end of our trek we decided to hit up Curly Creek Falls, just as the icing on the cake. And it was. Matt was kind enough to remain still long enough for me to get this parting shot before we went wading, slipping, crawling back along the riverbank towards home.
A pretty cool vine found growing into a broken window in a building at the Sandstone Quarries on Quarry Road in Amherst Township, Ohio. This place in very special to me as I grew up on Quarry Road about a mile north of these quarries. These quarries put Amherst on the map making it "The Sandstone Center of the World."
What do the Yale University Library, the University of Michigan campus chapel and the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto have in common? The buildings were all built with
Amherst sandstone.
Have a few minutes...view this awesome YouTube video on the history of the sandstone quarries.
Weeds with a little snow I saw on my hike
Cascades Conservation Area
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Paphiopedilum, often called the Venus slipper, is a genus of the Lady slipper orchid subfamily Cypripedioideae of the flowering plant family Orchidaceae. The genus comprises some 80 accepted taxa including several natural hybrids. The genus is native to Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, southern China, New Guinea and the Solomon and Bismarck Islands. The species and their hybrids are extensively cultivated, and are known as either paphiopedilums, or by the abbreviation paphs in horticulture.
Paphiopedilum species naturally occur among humus layers as terrestrials on the forest floor, while a few are true epiphytes and some are lithophytes. These sympodial orchids lack pseudobulbs. Instead, they grow robust shoots, each with several leaves; some are hemicryptophytes. The leaves can be short and rounded or long and narrow and typically have a mottled pattern. When older shoots die, newer ones take over. Each new shoot only blooms once when it is fully grown, producing a raceme between the fleshy, succulent leaves. The roots are thick and fleshy. Potted plants form a tight lump of roots that can be up to 1 m long. Members of this genus are highly collectible due to the curious and unusual form of their flowers.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
Ahhhhhhhh. That late afternoon light. :-) Happy Fence Friday everyone. After over 3 months of traveling, it's so good to be home.
Not had one of those for ages! Do they even still exist??
Anyway, it's not just earwigs that love broom seed pods to hide in! This 7-spot ladybird was quite snug in this one!
Prees Heath East - Shropshire
In the rainforest gully are these beautiful fern croziers in the dappled light. Best viewed large.Maori name is Koru which I had forgotten until reminded by Lance!
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Community Garden, and Thomson Brook, Kelowna, BC.
Am pretty sure this is the one I named Dog Robin last month. I prefer his nickname, though, which is based on his head plumage....
Frequent visitors here know that I love friendly robins. After a slow season in 2019 we have an abundance of 'em this year. I love looking for idiosyncrasies both in appearance and behaviour. This set features three Robbies that love to be photographed (okay, they don't mind it)....
There are Skulker Robins, too, and I'll feature them later....
The intensity in the eyes of this kitty had me a little bit spooked when I visited with some dear friends in West Virginia, but his character and his behavior were friendly and unthreatening. Still, it was impossible to not capture this photograph on the very first day of 2022. The eyes made me do it.
Maggie has much curlier hair than her sister, Lucy. She's also built like a linebacker, rather than Lucy's wide receiver body. I was helping their owner with some yard work today, and snapping photos between tasks.
Taken at Eldred King Woodlands. There were so many leaves that were starting to dry up. Once they dry up, they curl up. It was fun to take pictures of these leaves.
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.” - Eleanor Roosevelt