Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Autumn In Vermont 2023-2025

    A Touch Of Fall reflections at Indian Brook Reservoir
Fall Flowers And A Lovely Barn
So this year, the most colorful fall foliage around here is these flowers. Perhaps fall is later than some people and flowers think it is.

Color Amongst The Trees In Morrisville 
Autumn River View
       Autumn In Fletcher
Fall Glow At The New Haven River
Fall at Shelburne Orchard

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Exotic Flowers

Isn't this a beauty! Painted tongue plant 
(Salpiglossis sinuata) This South American native loves cool weather and blooms from spring until the plant begins to fade in midsummer. Salpiglossis often produces a late-season burst of color when temperatures drop in autumn.
Fritillaria Orange
How exotic looking is this plant.
Fritillaria imperialis (crown imperial, imperial fritillary or Kaiser's crown) is a species of flowering plant in the lily family, native to a wide stretch from Kurdistan across the plateau of Turkey, Iraq and Iran, to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Himalayan foothills.
 
Drumstick Primrose
Poppys
Poppy In Pink The center of a Poppy up close.
African Daisy 
originates from South Africa. Also known as the Cape Daisy or Blue-eyed Daisy (Osteospermum fruticosum).

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Friday, October 3, 2025

Nature's Art

Stone Wall Reflections, 

at Joiner Brook, in Bolton

Plant Reflections On Water
Nature's Art
Cool Reflections On A Hot Day!

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Stone Walls Of Vermont


Stone Wall Glory!
Some of the most amazing stone art I've seen while working on our new project about Stone Walls and Sugar Houses of Vermont.
Natural Stone Walls
with reflections on Joiner Brook
Natural Stone Walls
with reflections on Joiner Brook
Rock Wall At The Intervale
Built by Thea Alvin
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Gotta Love a great Hobbit Hole

especially with the rabbit door handle and the Heart Rock next to the door.

Built by Thea Alvin
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Gotta love a Stone Wall with an antique tractor on a lovely country estate in Vermont.
Stone Wall at Rockledge historic summer estate in Swanton, Vermont. 
Architect Charles Saxe in 1918 designed alterations to an early 19th-century farmhouse, that is the principal surviving element of an early 20th-century gentleman's farm. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
Natural Stone Wall in Westford
Stone Walls in Westford
Red Barn with a Stone Foundation
and a Great Stone House in South Hero.
Lovely Red Barn 
with a beautiful Stone Foundation in Hinesburg.
Stone Wall With Birches In Hinesburg
East Fairfield
South Hero
Garden Wall in Colchester
Arched Stone Wall At The Intervale
Built by Thea Alvin
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Stone Wall in Jeffersonville
Round Barn 
with a Stone Foundation at Shelburne Museum
Stone Wall With Birches in Fletcher

Stone Wall Lined up beautifully in the snow

Stone Wall Reflections, 

at Joiner Brook, in Bolton


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Friday, September 19, 2025

Dahlia Delight

Dahlias
The Dahlia Flower’s Message Is…Celebrate what makes you different. Seek out the new pleasures in life and keep moving through the challenges instead of letting them hold you back. Discover what the world holds for you, and watch out for pitfalls along the way. Pink symbolizes kindness and grace.
Beautiful On A Pink Dahlia

Dahlias In Lovely Peachy Colors

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Sunday, September 14, 2025

Cone Flowers

Tall Cone Flowers 
reaching for the sky!
Purple Cone Flowers
also known as Echinacea. 
Echinacea's name is rooted in the Greek word “echinos,” meaning "hedgehog," because of its spiny seed head. Technically speaking, this thick and spiky cone is actually hundreds of flowers, all tightly packed together. The entire plant can be used for its immune boosting properties. The purple ray flowers attach to a round, high and spiky cone – hence the common name “purple coneflower.” Technically speaking, this thick and spiky cone is actually hundreds of more flowers, all tightly packed together.
Bumblebee On Echinacea
Bumblebee On Echinacea
Bumblebee On Echinacea
Black Swallowtail Butterfly On Echinacea
Monarch Butterfly On Echinacea
Monarch Butterfly On Echinacea
Monarch Butterfly On Echinacea
Monarch Butterfly On Echinacea
Monarch Butterfly On Echinacea
Red Admiral Butterfly On Echinacea
Red Admiral Butterfly On Echinacea
Red Admiral Butterfly On Echinacea
White Admiral Butterfly On Echinacea
White Admiral Butterfly On Echinacea
Spotted Skipper Butterfly On Echinacea
Green Twister Echinacea
                                              Santa Fe Echinacea

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My blog is meant to inform and I strive to be totally accurate. It is solely up to the reader to ensure proper plant identification. Some wild plants are poisonous or can have serious adverse health effects.