Hiking the Blue Ridge Mountains in Spring

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Mignon

The forest is coming alive, slowly and surely. Today I found Oconee Bells (shortia galacifolia) and sweet scented trailing arbutus (epigaea repens).

Oconee bells, a rare North American plant
My first encounter with scented trailing arbutus

Get outdoors! Shake off the stress from a year of coronavirus chaos.

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After a very long, cold COVID winter, spring has officially arrived in my garden Devotion

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Mignon
Sanguinaria canadensis, bloodroot, is blooming
Erythronium americium, trout lily, is carpeting my woodland garden
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