This is for Claire & Peggy, bog plant experts at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. The pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea) flowers have been harvested for drying.
A shot from the rear, equally beautiful as the frontal view.
The puffy center shields the anthers.
The gentle side of carnivorous plants.
Annual summertime cicadas (Tibicen canicularis) versus periodicals, in this case the 17 year variety (Magicicada septendecim). A tough beauty contest to judge, but the annuals have prettier eyes.
Annual cicada, Virginia, 2012.
17 year cicada, Virginia, 2013.
Soon to be just a shell, as the adult emerges.
The title is a nod to rocker Tommy James, whose career includes 23 gold singles (“45s”) and nine gold or platinum albums.
Crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum) makes an excellent winter cover crop for vegetable gardens, and it’s also beautiful in the spring.
Benefits from using Crimson clover as a cover crop include adding nitrogen to the soil for subsequent crops, and increasing soil organic content when the clover is tilled under in the spring.
A luxury condominium for Purple Martins… and no, those aren’t gourds.
Pomeranian performer parades proudly in the early spring silky smooth snowfall.
It seems like the 19th century all over again.
Many years ago an associate commented that he enjoyed “just sitting and watching the sunlight move across the room.” At the time that perspective seemed – well – flaky. However, there may be some substance to that perspective.
The light and corresponding shadows actually do move quickly.
