Wild Wild Woods

This wildflower was finished blooming and was forming seeds. But its seed head sprouted green leaves!  Fascinated, I looked closer.  Some of...

After a gentle rain all night and mist this morning . . .  jewels left among the wildflowers and seeds.

Ironweed Vernonia fasciculata is growing tall in the buffer around the pond.  Soon, it will open its brilliant purple aster-like flowers in...

This beauty was in my studio this morning! I collect plant specimens in the autumn and keep them to draw or paint indoors during the c...

Indianpipe Monotropa uniflora  is white because it contains no chlorophyll;  it derives water and other nutrients by tapping into the thread...

This winter is slow to chill Minnesota.  The "trumpet vine" Lonicera 'Major Wheeler' is still blooming!  Not just hanging...

Warmer-than-average weather this autumn!  Many perennials are still standing and even blooming in the gardens and woods. The raspberr...

I've occasionally noticed something about the eyes on some of the birds I observe: milky or filtered texture. According to the Corn...

At first I thought this little round white bird, roosting early this morning among the House Finches, was an owl.  But closer inspection t...

The shady front corner is finally established with astilbes and hostas. In past years I tried a few other plants here but they did not li...