Ironweed is one of my favorite wildflowers.
Tag: flora
Amaranth
You can eat amaranth. I don’t. The birds love the dried seeds in the fall, though, so I plant it and leave it for them. It’s pretty, too, so it’s not like it’s a hardship to watch it grow.
Resurrection Lilies
I went out to Mount Gilead Cemetery today with the new camera. I figured I’d better do a practice run at a nearby cemetery, before going out to a new one. Of course, it’s supposed to get hotter than hell again, so who knows when I’ll get the next chance to go cemeterying?
Double Rose of Sharon
Double Rose of Sharon at Mount Gilead Cemetery.
Swallowtail and Thistle
Male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucus) on thistle
Ironweed and Heat
Have I complained about the heat? Because it’s rightsomejesus hot here. At 6pm, the actual temperature is 100F with a heat index of 110F. My brain is melting. MELTING, I SAY! Kill me now.
That is all. As you were, comrades.
Thistledown
These were taken in the thicket behind my building.
Bumblebee and Thistle
I love how soft and plush his fur is and how his little trousers are packed with red pollen.
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucus) with thistle
Orinoco Daisy
Orinoco Daisy
My supervisor’s retirement party was yesterday, and she was given several bouquets of flowers. This one was kind of unusual.
red paper boat 