Drops of Beauty #197
June 18, 2024
Hello friends! First, a warning for those that have a strong aversion to snakes. There are some snake photos and a video at the bottom. You are safe to scroll down to where I put in the break and then there’s a couple more photos to make sure you don’t accidentally see the snakes below that. A few people have requested this, so want to honor that request.
It’s definitely gotten hot and now we reach the time of year where I actually take fewer photos. That works out because the backlog from spring is massive! This week I’ve been really enjoying the wildflowers. A gardener once said to me, “a weed is just a plant growing where someone doesn’t want it.” Hence, I will be referring to these as wildflowers though I know many might call them weeds. I love how resilient this plants are, filling in the spaces on the sides of the roads that don’t get mowed - or at least I will enjoy them until someone decides to mow them.
This is your cue to stop if you just don’t want any snake images in your life! For the rest of you, read on to see my local blacksnake and a couple water snakes from the lake.
Thank you all for being here, whether you read on or not! May you find moments of joy along your path this week.
Here’s a video of the snake on the deck. And yes, I had the door open taking this, until she decided to come my way. Definitely don’t need her coming inside! She really is beautiful though. I don’t think she wants to bother me any more than I want her too really, she was just interested in robin eggs.
Yes that is daisy fleabane, common and starting to bloom. Yes that is dogwood, many are shrubs and sold in garden centers. Though you have started me to think mine might be wild. I have similar ones out back, will try and ID them. Yes that is a perennial geranium, the parts that are left after blooming look similar to what I have in my flower beds. I am developing a meadow where my front lawn used to be. Mostly red clover, daisies, daisy fleabane, white clover. On the daisy fleabane cut it down manually so it would not look so wild as it did last year. Still flowering but at a lower height. Doing the same with goldenrod. Queen Anne's Lace starting to bloom.
Looks like Fleabane , also a light lavender color. I believe , though Chamomile has a small flower, its pedals are slightly wider and the center slightly more raised.
The other is a geranium,
otherwise known as Carolina Cranesbill.
Sorry, I’ve got nothing for the bush. Are you using iSeek for ID?
Love the Bird’s foot , little yellow, pillows. This is one wildflower I always remember her name.Actually , Bird’s foot trefoil, a strange name for a cute little bloom. I don’t mind snake pics, but I’m most grateful we do not have big ones , swimming in the water, or at my doorstep. So I appreciate the photos
and will be happy to swim in the lake this afternoon without thinking,