On Sunday, I met my photographer friend, Bill Robertson, for another foray into North Carolina. This time, we went to Polk and Transylvania Counties. Each of these counties are within a couple of hours drive for both of us, and they hold many excellent locations for Spring wildflowers. The first place we visited is one
This is the time of year for us folks in the Carolinas when everything botanical seems to explode with flowers. Each time I travel up Persimmon Ridge Road in upstate Greenville County, South Carolina, there is something new to see — although sometimes it’s just old friends. One friend in particular, is Bill Robertson. He
This post is for my friend, Lee. He came down from Indiana for a visit around this time in 2014, because he wanted to see the botanical sights in the area. Unfortunately, we had experienced a hard freeze a few nights before, and we didn’t find things in very good shape. Today, I drove up
Lots of stuff to show you in this blog entry, so lean back and enjoy. Knowing it would be about time for the Spring bloom on Persimmon Ridge Road in upstate Greenville County, I packed my camera equipment and headed off to the location about 40 minutes away. I fully expected to see some Violets
Recently, I saw some images from a familiar, nearby site called Boggs Rock in Pickens County, South Carolina. My Flickr friend, Meng Zhang, had posted some beautiful images of a favorite wildflower of mine, Diamorpha smallii or Elf Orpine, so I knew it would be in bloom this week. The day broke very cloudy, but
Early Saturday morning, my good friend Alan Cressler called me and asked if I wanted to join him and Steve Bowling on a day trip to Clay County, North Carolina to photograph Trillium pusillum or Least Trillium also known as Dwarf Trillium. Although it is found in several of the southeastern states, it is still
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