Queen Anne’s Lace dots the roadsides and fields with white where I live. According to legend, Queen Anne was tatting lace when she pricked her finger and left a dot of blood in the center of the lace which is the dark spot that can be seen on some of the flowers. I always associate Queen Anne’s Lace with chiggers. I swear when I was little Granny told me to never touch them or I’d get chiggers all over me.…
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Wildflowers & Trees Of Appalachia
Red Shoe-make (Sumac) Last Saturday’s “Overheard” post left a few of you scratching your heads. Sumac, which I’ve always heard…
Over the last two weeks the Ivies have started putting on their annual show of beauty. They start out as…
“A Mess of Ramps—Kimsey Creek” by John Parris Burton Bumgarner will tell you, with the faith of a true believer,…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Maple Trees are in Bloom
The maple trees have put on their pretty spring garments in my area of Appalachia. For the last two weeks…
On our last hike up the creek The Deer Hunter said he wanted to show us the biggest holly tree…
Strawberry bush noun A wild shrub (Euonymus americanus). Same as hearts a-bustin’ (with love). 1937 Thornborough Great Smoky Mts 25…
After reading my September Charm post earlier this week Jim Casada sent me the following email: “Tipper—Today’s blog touched me…
Wild Hydrangea grows throughout the eastern United States and it grows profusely around my mountain holler. The blooms are not…
Nothing Like Sass Tea, Yellow Mountain – John Parris “Mountain Cooking” For many an old-timer still clinging to customs of…