Crocus First Signs Of Spring

Crocuses

 First Signs Of Spring. Purple Crocuses With A Bee.

More Crocus Beauty

Purple Crocuses in my garden. 

This photo was awarded Photo of the Day on Capture My Vermont, for April 2, 2016.

Crocus Pollination

I love the frilly looking stigma on this flower and so does the bee.

Bee In A Crocus

Crocuses Being Pollinated

The bees were busy today. I love the frilly looking stigma on these flowers and so do the bees.

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Happy International Day of Forests!

  How Green The Forest In Bolton

The forest is so healing, for me.

"We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own - indeed, to embrace the whole creation in all its diversity, beauty and wonder. This will happen if we see the need to revive our sense of belonging to a larger family of life, with which we have shared our evolutionary process." ~ Wangari Maathai

In The Woods In Bolton

My favorite place for The Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, is the simple and therapeutic act of spending time in a forest.

Jack In The Pulpit

in the forest.

Tree Roots Growing Around A Rock

Stream & Brooks in the forest

Silver Birches

Japanese Maple

There's just something about the shape and color of Japanese Maple leaves against a blue sky.

Weeping Willows

I adore willow trees, ever since I was a small child and used to sit under the willow tree in our backyard. It was like my own private, cool, green place to relax.

Weeping Willows

Locust Trees

The lovely shapes and patterns of Locust Tree leaves and branches.

Weepng Katsura Tree 

(Cercidiphyllum japonicum), is native to Japan and China.

 I am in Love with this tree. I am in love with Nature. My way of reminding people what we must protect, is to photograph and share, the Beauty of what I see in the world. My hope is that we cannot continue to allow the destruction of what we Love.

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Maple Sugaring Season

Maple Sugaring Season Has Started

My Favorite Sign Seen At A Sugar House

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This Horse Gives Me Butterflies!

This Horse is Made of metal Butterflies!
This metal sculpture is in front of Remarkable Things in Stowe, Vt.

The Flying Butterfly Stallion is a one-of-a kind sculpture created by artist Aaron Jackson.

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The Truth About Wild Yam

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Blue Cohosh & Black Cohosh

                            

Early Blue Cohosh 

These tiny bluish flowers are some the most unusual flowers in the forest. Caulophyllum Giganteumfound in the forest in Essex, Vermont. Blue cohosh was used  as a medicinal herb by several native American tribes. It is primarily used for ailments related to women’s health, especially during labor and birth.

NOTE: The berries are poisonous. 

Blue Cohosh Fruiting

Berry-like seed, that ripens to a deep blue. The fruit is poisonous.

Black Cohosh Flowers

Also known as black snakeroot,  is a tall, white flowered plant that is common in the woodlands of the Lake Ontario region all the way down to Georgia. The word “cohosh” comes from the Algonquin term for “rough”, which is a reference to the plant’s gnarled root structure. The root or rhizome is the medicinal part of this herb.

Black cohosh has been a remedy in women’s health for centuries. It is used to treat issues with menstruation and menopause like menstrual cramps, sooth hot flashes, and alleviate post-menopausal depression. It’s a hormone balancer. It’s been used for snake bites, bee stings, skin issues, throat and lung problems, backaches, arthritis, and rheumatism. 

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Disclaimer

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.

 

Summer Wildflowers

Wild & Blue

Asiatic Dayflower

Blue-eyed-grass Flower

Sisyrnichium bermudiana L.

& Buttercup

In the language of flowers, the Buttercup traditionally carries the symbolic meaning of growth, youthfulness, good health, and attraction. 

Northern Bush Honeysuckle

Wood Asters

Birds Foot Trefoil

Bittersweet Nightshade

New England Asters

Canada Anemone

Blue Vervain

Bunchberries

Button Bush

Bladder Campion

Celandine

Wild Columbine

Common Hemp Nettle

Creeping Bellflower

Daisy

Dames Rocket

Deptford Pinks

Gentian

Black Cohosh

Indian Pipe

or

Ghost Pipe

False Hellebore

False Solomon's seal

Fleabane Daisy

Fringed Polygala

Golden Rod

Herb Robert

Indian Hemp Dogbane

Blue Flag Iris

Jewelweed

Joe Bye Weed

Knapweed

Lady Slipper

 (C. acaule)

Lupine

Mallow

Milkweed

Marsh Hedge Nettle

Common Wood Sorrel

Purple Loostrife

Purple Flowering Raspberry

Pasque Flower

Queen Anne's Lace

Wild Rose

Spreading Dogbane

Maximilian Sunflower

Vetch

Wildflowers

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