Dracunculus Vulgaris - A Really Cool Plant

 "Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." 

~ Confucius

As I was looking through some older images I had captured, I found this that was

taken at our local Horticulture Garden. 

Coralberry Also Known As Indian Currant

 “There is no end to education.... The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.” 

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

I've been using Google Lens to help me identify some of the plants I've been finding along my walks.  This one is called Coralberry also known as Indian Currant.  

Seen along the Huckleberry Trail - Plantation Road side on 11/02/24 

Harlequin Glorybower

 “Plants give us oxygen 

for the lungs and for the soul.”

– Linda Solegato

The Harlequin Glorybower is a "new to me" plant found during our walk at

Claytor Lake State Park - 10-19-24.

Artichoke Thistle

 Those who make compassion an essential part of their lives find the joy of life. 

 Kindness deepens the spirit and produces rewards that cannot be completely explained in words. 

 It is an experience more powerful than words. 

 To become acquainted with kindness one must be prepared to learn new things and feel new feelings. 

 Kindness is more than a philosophy of the mind. 

 It is a philosophy of the spirit. 

 —Robert J. Furey

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Autumn Tails

 "In every walk with nature 

one receives far more than he seeks." 

- John Muir 

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My First Skunk Cabbage

“There is an undeniable exhilaration in moment of even the smallest discovery.” 

― Graham Moore

I saw my first skunk cabbage on 03-28-20 during

a walk along the Huckleberry Trail Boardwalk

(Glade Road side)

This was such an exciting find for me! 

In The Forest Series - Summer Leftover 1

“One of the things that makes you feel good is to get out into nature—go walking, go hiking, go swimming in the ocean, or wherever you live, in a river or a lake, experience the beauty of America, experience how America is such a sacred place. Everywhere you go in this land, our people have been there and they have said, 

“This place is sacred.” 

 ― Charles Alexander Eastman, 

Living in Two Worlds: The American Indian Experience

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Lavender To The Sky

"Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas." 

- Elizabeth Murray

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Pokeberry Light

In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.

 ~ Aaron Rose

Hens and Chicks

Patterns in nature can be quite breathtaking!

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life. 

 ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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