Oh Dandelion
A few weeks ago Ron Greene left this poem in a comment: Oh, dandelion! Oh dandelion, yellow as gold, what do you do…
A few weeks ago Ron Greene left this poem in a comment: Oh, dandelion! Oh dandelion, yellow as gold, what do you do…
The siren of pretty weather enticed me to walk down to the creek yesterday. The sunshine felt so good and…
My daffodils are blooming. I noticed the first one trying to unfurl on Wednesday as I was headed down to…
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the goldenrod as pretty as it is this year. It seems brighter and fuller…
sweet gum noun A deciduous tree (Liquidambar styraciflua) of medium height whose bark is made into a medicinal tea and…
As I was clearing out an old flower bed I’ve neglected for years I discovered a blooming Pipsissewa wildflower. I…
Mountain Laurel The laurel and ivy blooms haven’t been as spectacular as usual this year. I can’t think of a…
Photo by Don Casada: taken from Shuckstack fire tower looking NW towards Gregory Bald. The drainage coming down from the middle…
Ripe Sarvis Berries “When I was a child my grandmother would take us sarvis hunting in the woods, she would take…
Over the weekend we went on a hike with friends. It was a beautiful day to be in the woods….
In one of the recent passages I read in my “Dorie Woman of the Mountains” series, Dorie said her mother…
“Plant connections to both people and place are a wonderful part of Appalachia. We’ve got day lilies (Daddy called them cow…