Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Tiny white flowers blooming two days after winter solstice. The whole bush was covered with a starscape of white and green floral stars.

Saturday, December 22, 2012

A fungus and an algae met and took a "lichen" to one another!

Friday, December 21, 2012

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Tiny little chickweed leaves growing in a garden. Chickweed is edible and has medicinal properties.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Little moss plants are very lush on a late fall / almost winter day.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Tiny purple flowers hiding in the grass. They are about 1/4 inch in diameter.

Sunday, November 18, 2012

These beautiful buds are ready for spring. They will overwinter like this, and unfurl new leaves in spring.

Saturday, November 10, 2012

These tiny red berries are a spot of bright color on otherwise grey/brown late autumn day.

Friday, November 9, 2012

Fluffy little miniature seed fluffs. Only about 1/4 inch.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Day 86

A ripe berry (posted the unripe berries several weeks ago)

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Friday, July 20, 2012

Day 81

It's a baby leaf, and the inner part where they all join is a lovely shade of red.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Day 78

Burs are very pretty close up - when they're not stuck in your socks, or your pet's fur!

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Day 75

Ripples in the sand on the side of the road, after today's rain.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Monday, July 9, 2012

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Friday, July 6, 2012

Day 67

This is a tiny Eastern Red Cedar Tree. About 6 inches tall.

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Day 66

Lamb's quarters. Very pretty young leaves are edible, in a salad or cooked.

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Day 65

The deer like to hang out in the field behind where I live. They eat the corn and soybeans which the farmer has planted.

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Day 64

The tip of a new twig on the spruce tree (where the cone from a few days ago came from).

Monday, July 2, 2012

Day 63

The little flowers from Queen Anne's Lace. Each individual flower is about 1/8 inch across.

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Friday, June 29, 2012

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Day 60

This is the inner part of a purple and white... and yellow... pansy.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Day 59

I don't know what this flower is - it was growing in a long spike of many other similar tiny white flowers, on the side of the otherwise inconspicuous road

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Day 58

Pickerelweed growing in the Mullica River, New Jersey Pine Barrens. This was found in the lower, tidal, wide part of the river, quietly growing near the banks.

Friday, June 22, 2012

Day 57

This is Queen Anne's Lace, before it turns to lace. I love the thin frilly leaves around it. It is all curled up.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Day 56


I don't know what it is, but it looks like a big open mouth with sharp upper incisors.

Friday, June 15, 2012

Day 55

Here is the lovely flower of the milkweed plant. They grow in big clumps. Each flower is about 1/4 inch across.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Day 54

I found this monarch butterfly caterpillar munching on a milkweed leaf by the side of the road.

Friday, June 8, 2012

Day 53

I watched this bumble bee for a while. He really preferred the purple clover to the white clover. He had full pollen sacs on his back legs.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Day 52

What does a marigold look like before it's a marigold? A swirly bunch of yellow-green...