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This is a shot from my back door. Every fall the Red Maple in behind and the younger Norway Maple in front create an interesting color contrast. The Red Maple turns flaming red by the end of September and retains its leaves for 3-4 weeks. The younger Norway Maple, however, remains green until late in the season, late October. It doesn't put on much of a color display either with many of the leaves falling while they are still partially green.
Bauhinia Leaves along the driveway. Due to the hard winter we had - well, "hard" for Houston - no flowers this year but it is returning from the roots. Often called "Pato de Vaca" or "Cow's Foot" because the paired leaves look like a cow's hoof print. July 2018.
Sapindaceae (soapberry family) » Dimocarpus longan Lour.
dy-mo-KAR-pus -- from the Greek dis (twice) and karpos (fruit)
LONG-an -- from a Chinese name for the species, long yan (龙眼 : dragon eyes)
commonly known as: dragon's eyes, eyeball tree, longan • Assamese: আচফল asphol, নাগা লীচী nagalichi • Bengali: আঁশফল ashphol • Garo: samphal bol • Khasi: dieng loba • Konkani: वुंब wumb • Malayalam: പെമ്പുന്ന pempunna, പെമ്പൂവം pempuuvam, പൊരിപുന്ന poripunna • Manipuri: nongganghei • Marathi: ओंब omb, उंब umb • Mizo: thei-fei-mûng • Tamil: செம்பூவம் cem-puvam, காட்டுப்பூவம் kattu-p-puvam, பிரப்பன் pirappan, பூவம் puvam
Native of: s China, India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Malesia; cultivated elsewhere
References: eFlora • Wikipedia • NPGS / GRIN • ENVIS - FRLHT
The Bartram Bridge spans the county line between Delaware and Chester Counties over Crum Creek and is located at the intersection of Goshen and Boot Roads. It is the last covered bridge remaining in Delaware County, a county which once had 30 covered bridges. The bridge has unique slanted plank portals, the only bridge in Pennsylvania with this unusual design.
Built in 1860 by Ferdinand Wood, who designed the portals to be "Hi and Wide as a Load of Hay," the bridge is 60 foot long by 13 feet wide. The original cost to build the bridge was shared by Delaware and Chester Counties. It is named for Mordecai Bartram.
The bridge closed to traffic in 1941. The bridge was first repaired in the 1960's (at the time by the Marple Newtown Historical Society). After years of disrepair, the bridge was restored in 1995, funded by a combination of donations, grants and fundraising. The bridge is maintained by a commission of volunteers representing both Newtown and Willistown Townships.
Source: The Newtown Square Historical Preservation Society website.
Walk on the tree and take a right onto yet another long path.
Ohio County, West Virginia
Located at Roney's Point on Point Run Road
It was used as a cemetery for the county farm, TB sanitarium, paupers, and a relocation spot for Wheeling cemeteries that were in the way of Interstate 70.
Approximately 800 people are buried here.
The cemetery is also located on the old estate of Henry Schmulbach.
Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Dalbergia lanceolaria
dal-BERG-ee-uh -- for Nils & Carl Dahlberg, Swedish botanist and officer, respectively
lan-see-oh-LAIR-ee-uh -- meaning, lance-like
commonly known as: bastard rose wood • Assamese: meda-luwa, mouhit • Bengali: chakemdia • Coorgi: ಹಸರುಗೋಣಿ hasarugoni, ಶ್ವೇತ ಬೀಟೆ shweta beete • Gujarati: તણતોશી tantoshi • Hindi: हर्दी hardi, टाकोली takoli • Kannada: ಬಿಳಿ ಬಿಟೆ bili beete • Kolami: piri • Malayalam: കണ്ണന് വാക kannan vaaka, വെള്ളീട്ടി velliitti • Marathi: दोण्डुस dondus. फणशी phanshi • Mundari: birmunga, keadcadlomdaru • Oriya: dodilo • Rajasthani: barbat, passi • Sanskrit: गोरक्ष goraksha • Santal: chapot siris • Tamil: எரிகை erikai, காட்டுப்பச்சிலை kattuppachalai • Telugu: కొండపచారీ kondapachari, తెల్లవిరుగుడు tellavirugudu • Urdu: dandous
Native to: Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China
References: Flowers of India • NPGS / GRIN • eFlora • IndFlora
El nombre de la especie, "nucifera" viene del latín, y significa portador de nueces. Son las palmas que se encuentran en abundancia en la costa atlántica colombiana.
Apparently the easiest way to tell Fraxinus americana and Fraxinus pennsylvanica apart is by looking at the leaf scar. On the list to check the next time I'm out this way!
Photographed along the Arkansas River Trail near the new southwestern approach to the Big Dam Bridge, Little Rock, Arkansas
This was one of the weirdest trees I've ever seen. The limbs remind me of a dancer with his arms stretched toward the sky.
Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. Jeremiah 10:1-6
I have really had a struggle about posting “Christmas cards”. My sincerest hope is that you all have a wonderful time celebrating with your families and friends this Christmas, but much to the chagrin of our families and friends, Jake and I don’t celebrate Christmas, since history proves it to be a pagan holiday that was tacked onto Christian worship back in the time of Constantine, and the Scriptures forbid Christians to “learn the ways of the heathen”. But y’all go ahead and enjoy your celebrations, and your company, your good food, and all those presents you get. I truly hope you’re not offended if I don’t join in all the festivities, as I believe this would be an offence to God. I don’t worry about those who take Christ out of Christmas, because the truth is, He was never in Christmas. Oh yes, Jesus was born of a virgin in the town of Bethlehem, and shepherds and angels did attend His birth, and wise men from the East did offer Him the gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And His name is Emmanuel, which means “God with us”, but this didn’t occur on December 25th, the pagan day of the Sun god, but sometime in September or October, when the weather was still warm enough for shepherds to be outside with their sheep. The Good News is that Emmanuel (God with us) is still with us, through His Holy Spirit. Didn’t He promise never to leave us nor forsake us? Yet, we set aside one season a year, the Christmas season, as a time for giving and loving and caring about the poor and needy among us, when this should be our way each and every day of the year.
Well, if I’m not careful, I’ll start preaching. I just want you all to know that I hope you all have a wonderful celebration this year, and that you all come to know Jesus, whose Holy Spirit is with us all the time, and who wants nothing more than to dwell in us. And that your name not be found on Santa’s list, but written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
My gift to you this year is not to post again until after Christmas, so that you won’t have too many comments to make, and can spend your time baking cookies, or some such thing.
Thanks to bunchesofdogsandsusan for the texture.
Trunk and bark, Lagerstroemia fauriei (Japanese crapemyrtle), National Herb Garden at the edge of the oval (HG-CD), accession number 10536X *db