Sunday, September 22, 2013

Fall Equinox and New Plantings

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Friday a week ago the weather changed after a front blew in, leaving no doubt that fall is on its way. With cooler temperatures, it...
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Sunday, September 8, 2013

Orchid Pencil Sketches and Nature

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Purple Fringed Orchid Flower details Showy Orchis Flower detail I've been working on refining the details of the orchid flowers...
Saturday, August 24, 2013

New Deck and Garden Musings

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The new deck for our house is finally complete! The actual building stage only took the work crew a week, but preparing for the...
Sunday, July 14, 2013

Sketching the Purple Fringed Orchid, Finally

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Close-up of flower showing the pollinia.  Two days after our hike on the Mill Prong Trail, I went back to sketch the purple fringed orc...
Saturday, July 13, 2013

A Wealth of Unusual Plants on Skyline Drive

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Purple Fringed Orchid ( Platanthera grandiflora ). On the Fourth of July David and Herb joined me for a hike at Shenandoah National ...
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Sunday, June 23, 2013

So Near and Yet so Far

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Purple Fringed Orchid buds. Last Saturday I went back to Skyline Drive for another try at the purple fringed orchid. After correspondin...
Saturday, June 15, 2013

Flowers Among the Clouds

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Mountain Laurel on Skyline Drive. My search for native orchids took me to Skyline Drive last weekend. The day was overcast, the mountai...
Sunday, June 2, 2013

Hunting for Orchids on Wildcat Mountain

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Looking down the trail Last Sunday I went hiking on Wildcat Mountain, a nature preserve owned and managed by The Nature Conservancy in...