It is a very busy time for this arm-chair naturalist. Last week I had a visitor, Lee Casebere, from Indianapolis, Indiana who came to the area mainly to see Helonias bullata or Swamp Pink in flower. Unfortunately, during the two nights prior to his visit, we had sub-freezing temperatures which zapped the flowers that were
On Saturday, April 26, Walter Ezell and I made the 1-hour trip to Pearson Falls Road in Polk County, North Carolina. It’s a little, winding mountain road that takes you to Pearson’s Falls — a wonderful nature preserve set aside for the enjoyment of the public. It is located in the mountains of western North
Recently, I received an email from a Flickr friend, Lee Casebere, who is the retired Assistant Director of the Division of Nature Preserves in Indiana. At the time, he was making plans to participate in The 64th Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in mid-April. Since he was going to be down
Today, I paid a visit to two sites that I try not to miss during Spring time. They are both in upper Greenville County, South Carolina and are separated by about 5 miles (8 km), as the crow flies. I tried to leave the house early enough in the morning so that there would be
I suppose I haven’t paid enough attention to the spring violets as they deserve. This year, there seems to be more of them than I have seen in earlier years. One place to find beautiful specimens of them in April, is Persimmon Ridge Road in upper Greenville County, South Carolina. They can be spotted right
Take a long, deep breath because this is a fairly long blog entry… This blog post is a continuation of the previous one which just covered the Trillium species that I photographed on Saturday’s trip into northwest Georgia. Although photographing five new (to me) species of Trillium was the main reason for the trip, I
At 6:00 am on Saturday, April 5, I set out to Atlanta, Georgia to meet my photography and botanizing budy, Alan Cressler. He had suggested that we spend the day visiting some sites he knew about that provided habitat for several Trillium species. It was the perfect time of year to see them in bloom.
Today, Walter and I decided to drive up to Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve in upstate Greenville County, near the small town of Tigerville, for a bit of photography. It’s just a few minutes from home, and the day was perfect for photography — cool and overcast. Poinsett Bridge, built in 1820, is the oldest stone
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