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Back to purple 🙂 These morning glories were so lovely I decided to create a journal page just for them. Gil Nelson’s book ‘Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers helped me make the correct ID. I wrote his comments along the outer edge of the illustration. Thanks, Gil! ‘The name sagittata means “arrow shaped” in reference to […]
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For most of July, all the wildflowers I found were purple or pink. I found this most curious. Mother Nature must have been reading my thoughts as I then found these brightly colored specimens. I should know to trust Mother’s sense of color 🙂
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These days, my wanderings are highlighted with wildflower finds. Most seem to be purple! I’ve two more journal pages to create for this series. One flower was a ‘lifer’ for me. I found it on my way back from drawing the Marsh Fern. Luckily I had my camera with me as I my schedule didn’t […]
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It is my quest, this summer, to learn the ferns common to the low country. I studied them while enrolled in the SC Master Naturalist program but, there was so much I was studying, that I didn’t have the time to let each one’s characteristics shine in my mind. The only way I know to […]
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Let’s face it, the majority of mankind lives in suburbia and the chances of observing intimate wildlife dramas are few and far between. But ahhhhhhh, there is a solution…. Webcam’s! You can watch to your hearts delight and cause no stress to the animal you’re viewing. On March 8th, I checked out Palmetto Electric’s webcam […]
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