August 16, 2008 - Local Flora and Fauna

Just some stuff growing around my apartment. I figure I'd better enjoy it now, I doubt there's a such thing as 'winter flowers'

The Echinacea flower (Echinacea purpurea), also known as the purple cone flower, native. Supposed anti-depressant. <-- I can see that, they are awful pretty to look at.

complete with bee, click to see the full resolution in all its glory.

Pennsylvania Smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum), native. Important food for wildlife.

Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), invasive. Derived from Europe, this pretty purple flower is choking out native plants from North American wetlands.

Thistle (Onopordum acanthium...translates to 'thorny plant that donkey eats'), super invasive noxious weed in the US.

White clover (Trifolium repens) , introduced.

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), native. Same supposed uses as Echinacea.

August 4, 2008 - More of the same

You know, just all that natural beauty that we all take for granted either having too much of or not enough of. Some people live in places like this, some people save all their money to come to places like this, and others could care less if it was all turned into a parking lot.

August 3, 2008 - Where's my Epi-pen??

Some beautiful wildflowers growing on the side of the road in the smokies...COVERED IN BEES!!!
not nearly as cool as Henry Winkler covered in bees...Oh well...