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of the great joys that life has in store for us is identifying
things. Whether it's a poem, a concerto, or merely the
trees surrounding our house. My husband receives Weather Bug Pollen
Alerts in his email account. Based upon our zip code they tell how
high or how low the pollen count is on a scale of 0 to 12. He
informed me that pollen saturation has been about 7 or 8 lately. These Pollen
Alerts also list the three highest pollutants. Grass and Nettles this Independence Day weekend
have been joined by Plantains. What
are those, we wondered? Before our Nature Walk this morning, he
searched the Internet and found of picture of them. We were quite
amazed. "Those things," we cried, "every lawn around
here has them!" So he took a picture of one down by Waterfront
Park. They're not hard to find. The other two thumbnails below are
of Thistles, which are just flowering, and Scarlet Paintbrush, just blooming. |
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Thistle |
Scarlet Paintbrush |
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July
13th |
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This is as
yet unidentified, but we took this photo in the morning about 8:30.
Temperatures were in the mid-60's, and overcast skies. In the
afternoon, during another walk, when the sun was shining and the
temperature around 75, we passed this same plant and the little
yellow blossoms were closed. |
| Pussytoes in bloom.
First photographed in May. |
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Fireweed |
| The pictures in this Row were taken during
our Walk on July 20th, 2003. Æ |
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Ant Traps |
Blue & White |
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| Canada Goldenrod |
Some kind of Purple |
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