New world perennial found in swamps and marshes. Most common in eastern North America. Also known as a “duck potato” due to it being a tuber producing plant. Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD). Welcome back, Cee!
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On the Water
While we destroy nature’s habitats, nature is working toward ridding precarious human habitations. We continue to flock toward manmade playgrounds that consume limited water supplies, taxing desert reservoirs that are already drying up from rising temperatures. We build mini-mansions on cleared mountainside cliffs that can no longer absorb the water from torrential downpours, contributing toContinue reading “On the Water”
Redhead
I photographed these North American diving ducks while they were wintering at a natural pond in the Miami zoo. Redheads tend to winter in the southern and eastern regions of the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean. Spring migration brings them further north and west in the U.S. and into Canada to breed. The maleContinue reading “Redhead”
Garden
I enjoy a bit of time gardening, but don’t like to have to “work” in the garden. I prefer to plant perennials that come up year after year, require little maintenance and attract wildlife. This allows me to spend more time enjoying my garden and less time obsessing over it. I just wish the weedsContinue reading “Garden”
Two Rectangles
Double doors containing double rectangular windows and bonus matching rectangles within: A colonial kitchen window with rectangular glass shutters: Lifted draw bridge reveals identical rectangular patterns for each side of the street: A colonial house models a small vertical rectangle and long horizontal rectangle: Rectangular perspectives of train bridge above and covered bridge below: Lens-ArtistsContinue reading “Two Rectangles”
Urban Seats
Sometimesthe city callsJust a spoonful I needto bring forth a fresh perspective A change Off to the urban streetsFreed from suburban boxfor some lively city bustleI watch Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Perspective by Gerry C. and Sue W. Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #369 – Spoonful. “This weekend your challenge is to write a poem or a piece ofContinue reading “Urban Seats”
Laughing Gull
A groggy early morning stroll on the beach Roused by a cacophony of maniacal laughterAlmost as good as a cup of morning coffee I. J.’s Birds of the Week Invitation LXIX. Photos taken at North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina during spring season.
Sunrise to Sunset
I rise with sun… And play in the garden… Sniffing a flower or two… I picnic with a goose… Then rest among the trees… Before sailing off into the sunset… For Terri’s Sunday Stills: Your Daily Dose of Sunrise and Sunset
Royal Terns
Why do the Terns stand there so?Still as statuesFaces to the windIs there hope for stillness on a summer day?When crowds of beach-goers line the shoresCertain to provoke flight I. J.’s Birds of the Week Invitation LXVIII Eugi’s Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Hope for
Japanese Beetle
destructive beetleover my flowers crawlingignoring aphids SeasonWords – Week 23 by Mark S.