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Our Hiawassee home and vicinity Various Images - 2022 |
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Our Hiawassee home and vicinity Various Images - 2022 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2022) |
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| Early January - a nice layer of rime ice on the summit of Eagle Mtn. across from our house. |
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| Winter Heath (Erica carnea) |
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| Mid January - post sunset |
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| These daffodils typically start blooming in mid-late January |
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| Daffodil blooms |
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| Golden hour light on the mountain |
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| Swamp Pink (Helonias bullata) |
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| Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber) I burned a pile of briars that I had cleared last year. I didn't like where the pile was setting, so I moved it about twenty feet before burning it. It was a good thing, or this little fella would probably have been burned to a crisp. |
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| Mazus miquelii One of several "toe-tickler" ground covers that Elaine got a couple of years ago to fill in some bare spots. |
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| Promethea Silkmoth (Callosamia promethea) Not the greatest pic; I spotted this on our mini- greenhouse when I went out to get something. |
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| Trees were starting to green up... |
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| Beauty Bush (Kolkwitzia sp.) |
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| Black Racer (Coluber constrictor) |
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| Siberian Iris |
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| Post sunset |
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| Redring Milkweed (Asclepias variegata) |
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| Chinese Ground Orchid (Bletilla striata) |
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| Lily, an Asiatic species I believe. |
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| Picked some mulberries to put in my yogurt & cereal for breakfast. |
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| Poke Milkweed (Asclepias exaltata) |
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| Purple Shamrock (Oxalis triangularis) |
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| Common Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) |
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| Blazing Star (Liatris spicata) First stalk to bloom this year. |
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| Iron Cross Wood Sorrel (Oxalis tetraphylla) |
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| First Gladiolus bloom of the year |
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| This was our best year ever for figs Unfortunately the -4 degree F temps at Christmas killed the tree to the ground. |
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| Purple Passion-flower, aka May-pop (Passiflora incarnata) |
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| Gladiolus dalenii An old-time heirloom variety. |
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| Part of the yard |
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| Spotted Beebalm (Monarda punctata) |
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| Got this plant from my friend Eric. It has spread in the years since I took these pics. |
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| Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) Found this critter right up against our foundation, not twenty feet from where I got bitten last year. Same time of evening, right about sunset. Could be the same one, for all I know. |
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| We have a number of glass pieces made by our (late) friend Mary Zoller Lightner. We've had a large one hanging in a sun room window for a few years. I got this one over a year ago, and finally got around to hanging it in a window. It goes perfectly with the outside trees this time of year. |
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| Late October - happy hour |
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| Golden hour on Eagle Mtn. |
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| First sweet potato harvest, from four plants in a raised container. |
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| Mid November - rime ice on Eagle Mtn. |
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| Post sunset glow from the deck |
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| Christmas Eve - White capped double summit of Eagle Mountain |