September Cannas

Subtropical Cannas Flourish in a Neighboring Garden

August Mushroom Crop

At sunrise, on my neighbor's front lawn:



Mushrooms as big as dinnerplates:



A view of the stipe:

Poking through the Fence

Ubiquitous Pokeweed
(Phytolacca americana)

Lush on my backyard fence after an unusual series of July rains.

Dogwood Berries in July

Poke Sallet in Bloom

Poke Sallet Blossom Close Up

When the bough breaks ...

after the storm

Zoo Carp

Three Giraffes at the Nashville Zoo

Between Storms

Sunshine After Rain



May Abundance

Along the Natchez Trace

Historical Marker



Little Harpeth River in Flood



Swimming Hole on the Little Harpeth

April Iris

Pearl, an April Passerby

At attention:

What's Its Name?

It's a little pink flower, scattered all through the grass and clover in my front lawn:



A closer view:

More Lawn "Weeds"

Ground Ivy
(Glechoma hederacea),
four views:









and with a wild white violet:



(Note the clover and grass blades near the ground ivy flower in the bottom lefthand corner -- these tiny blossoms are less than a centimeter across.)

Lawn "Weeds"

Wild Strawberry




Clover

Siblings?

Triangle



Sibling mushrooms?



Triplets together

Palm Sunday Dogwood

Sunny

This lone tulip bloom, out a bit early, was a scant 2 inches lengthwise, on March 26, 2009. I think the insect clinging to it, in the two views below, is a crane fly (Nephrotoma appendiculata), because it has banded stripes on its body. But it might be one of the other species of Nephrotoma found in Kentucky and Tennessee. At the very least, I think one can safely say that it's in the family Tipulidae.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tipulidae_April_2008-2.jpg for
a photo of Nephrotoma appendiculata.

The Honeybee Was Just Here

Where Are the Cedar Waxwings?

By now the holly should have been stripped of last fall's berries by a migrating flock of cedar waxwings, but the ornamental crabapple is nearing full bloom here at the end of March, and there's no sign of those bright, voracious little songbirds in sight.