Comments on: Aceldama

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:46:39 +0000

Hi Dana -- As long as you give credit with a link back, as you've done (and don't steal bandwidth, as you have not) I'm happy to see my material used elsewhere. As it happens, I just changed the licensing on my Flickr photos the day before yesterday to conform with the licensing I use here (it's all the way down in the footer). And one couldn't wish for better company than GMH! Thanks.

By: Dana

Dana — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:48:36 +0000

Stopping by to say I borrowed the photo of the bloodroot to illustrate a Gerard Manley Hopkins poem today. I hope you dont mind…. I will take it down if you prefer.

I took a wildflower hike this past Saturday… in north Georgia and had fun taking pictures. They are not nearly as good as yours.

Plus I loved the brown thrasher videos…. my favorite bird. I have a family of them who lives in my Cherokee Rose bush.

Blessings from GA

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:05:42 +0000

Hepatica is a nice flower. Not only is it one of the first to bloom, but it hangs on for a while, usually, and ranges in color from white to blue, often in the same patch. And it seems quite unparticular in regards to soil type as long as it’s a cool, semi-damp site.

By: Deb

Deb — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:19:41 +0000

I like the juxtaposition, too. And am smitten by the hepatica, which I don’t think is around my area(s).

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:57:15 +0000

Hi Robb – Glad you liked that one. I was really lucky to be there just when the flower’s shadow fell squarely on the top of the beer can.

By: Robb

Robb — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:38:14 +0000

Kia ora Dave,
I find that picture of the emerging flower next to the rotting can stunning. Amazing how nature will eventually claim back the earth. Lessons to be learned there.
Cheers,
Robb

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:23:08 +0000

Well, I do think the slower springs are one of the big advantages of living in the north. Do you have poachers in your area? Year-round hunting pressure can mimic natural predation in making deer less willing to graze in the open by day. Or maybe the southern lushness makes it harder for deer to dominate the landscape the way they do here. I don't know. But yes, the tops of boulders can act as mini refugia. See the first photo and first paragraph in this post, for example.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:17:51 +0000

You must!

By: Marvin

Marvin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:48:28 +0000

You must have picked the perfect time to go wildflowering. At least down here in Arkansas the window when all those species would be blooming at the same time is small.

The woods around our place are far from pristine. They are mostly the steeper and rougher areas that haven’t yet been cleared for cow pastures, although the cows do have access. Still, they are abundant with spring wildflowers. I guess our whitetail population hasn’t yet been “over-restored” to the same extent as yours, although since reading your work I have started to notice that the vegetation atop large rocks is often more lush than it is in the surrounding woods.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:20:56 +0000

Wonderful post, thanks. I remember your post on Transtromer years ago, one of the first things I read here. Still haven’t read him but I will!