3-28-04 Sequoia and i walked
down to the creek today. Weather is beautiful, in the 70's. Took
a few pictures of all the early wildflowers begining to show their
faces. Saw our first snake of the season, but it slithered away
before i could get it's picture.
Skunk Cabbage
Yellow Violet
Bluetts on the creek
bank
Coltsfoot
first dandolion of
the season
Found a turtle house,
but no one was home. :(
4-6-04 Went hiking
at Panther creek.
Flocks on the rock
cliffs
?????
Early Saxifrage
4-8-04 Hiking in Jefferson National
Forest, at the Cascades. The main falls are very impressive, but
my favorite part is the hike to the falls. There were so many
wildflowers blooming, and several just about to bloom.
Bloodroot
Blue Cohosh
Dutchmen's breeches
* Round Lobed Hepatica...possibly???
Cut-leaved Toothwort
???????
The creek that we follow to the Falls is unbelivably
beautiful, it just can't be expressed in pictures. The sound of
the rushing water, and the smell of the earth creates an amazing
energy.
The main Falls, Kenan and his brothers in the background.
Kenan and Sequoia hiking to the falls.
4-10-04 Hiked around our land today. Looked for Morels,
but didn't find any yet. Saw lots of stuff that is just about
to Bloom. Trilliums are popping up along the small creek, but
not budding yet. Purple and yellow violets are everywhere.
Ground Ivy
Rue Anemone
Blue violets
Wood Anemone
4-23-04 Found two morels on our hike today! i forgot
my camera so i couldn't take a picture of them in their natural
environment...instead i picked them for dinner!
May1. Butterflies butterflies butterflies! it's been
raining on and off today, and the butterflies are just everywhere.
i couldn't resist taking some pictures.
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Wild Geranium
Foam flower
Violets by the creek
May 15, lots of stuff blooming, lots of pictures to
take!
Columbine!!
Comfry, the humming birds love this!!
Pinks
Pansies
More pinks
Lyre Leaf Sage
Yarrow
Snapping Turtle.
We found this guy hiding under a bush in the yard.
His shell was about 10" long and 9" across.
We relocated him back to the woods, thought it would
be best for him and us!
He seemed quite grateful for the help, check out that
smile!!
Yesterday, Sequoia and i went out to check the bird
nest on the shed. However, we didn't find baby birds in the nest
, instead we found this guy trying to make his get away! This
black snake was probably about 4 foot long. We found 2 surviving
baby birds on the ground under the nest and rescued them. After
some poking with a rake, i convinced the snake to leave the nest.
We replaced the babys and watched to make sure mama found them
again, and she did. The snake had several lumps in his belly as
he slithered away, so hopefully he'll leave these last two babys
alone for a while.
