On this Earth Day (before I got down to some yardwork), I went to Olbrich Botanical Gardens looking for some flowers. The deep color of this “Lady in Red” lady fern, made it my favorite of the day.
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Popping up thru last year’s debris
Spring is starting to assert itself in southern Wisconsin.
Snowdrops
Spider plant blossom
Yet another sign that I’m tired of winter: I start noticing interesting things on my house plants.
Wildflowers hanging on
These black-eyed Susans are still clinging to early autumn. Though they do look weary from the colder temperatures. The end is nigh I’m afraid.
Monarchs in the asters
I came across a dozen or so monarch butterflies today, enjoying nectar from the purple asters in Vilas Park.
August sunflowers
Like an outdoor hothouse
I decided to fight my heat-wave related cabin fever by spending some time in the U.W. Arboretum. The flowers I came across (like this woodland sunflower) seem to appreciate the heat and humidity much more than I do.
Coneflower study
Rocky columbine
A delicate wildflower, growing out of a crack in the limestone along Lake Michigan. There’s a metaphor in there somewhere…