Wildflower Walk

Jack in the Pulpit

What a wonderful Spring day for a walk in the woods.  I went with other gardeners, who are fans of native plants, to the Hiwassee River Gorge.  One of our members leads the group and fills our brains with more information than you can imagine.  I won't try to explain the day.  Instead, I'm going to let the photos tell the story.  (Maybe, just maybe, you can double click on the photos to make them bigger.)  Enjoy.

 

Yellow Trillium

MayApple

White Trillium

Sensitive Ferm

Fire Pink

Yellow Trillium with Woodland Phlox

Wild Geramium

Zebra Swallowtail
PawPaw is their only host plant

Trillium catesbaei

Crested Iris

Dog Hobble

Bellwort
(see the little yellow flowers?)

Okay - this one is weird.
These are galls, caused by insects.

Abi & Cora - it's been a while

As you would expect, Abi and Cora are growing and growing.  It's been a while since I've posted some photos so today is the day; not because of any special event but only because it's fun.

Abi is a great big sister, meaning... she's really good at being a big sister.  Cora is getting big enough that the two girls occasionally play together which pleases their Mom very much.

In the next photo, Abi and visit Rock City once again.  Abi is on the steps of "Fat Man Squeeze" but she has no trouble getting through this small gap in the rocks (unlike her Grandparents who have to walk sideways through part of it (we're not to the skinny part yet in the photo).

Finally, here's a nice fun shot of Grandpa (or Crappa as Abi learned to say and Laura loves to perpetuate).   I made the photo larger so you can see the mischievous look on Abi's face.

We sure have a lot of fun with them.  Abi, like me, loves to be outside and I'm getting her started on some gardening.  Last fall we planted some Crocus and Tulips in a Little Tykes toddler bed that I put in the garden.  Someday I need to post some before and after photos of our yard(s).  I hate to when they're still a work in progress but I guess I might as well admit that they'll never really be done.