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January’s Yard

January 24, 2017 by turningmoss Leave a Comment

In the midwest, January doesn’t always feel like a very lively month, at least not in the outdoor garden department. The fall leaves have dried out and plants from last season are sadly drooping under the cold and wet blanket of winter. We are in the thick of hibernation season, but that doesn’t mean that things have completely shut down in the plant world. In fact, this January has been unusually mild and rainy. When I stepped outside to capture these images, I was without a coat wearing sandals, comfortably enjoying the sun and observing the state of the yard. This is not the same January I have grown up to know in the midwest. It’s a little strange that we are seeing some very early signals from spring already, some colorful sites in a generally gray time of year.  [Read more…] about January’s Yard

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Starved Rock State Park

June 16, 2016 by turningmoss 1 Comment

Starved Rock State Park - LaSalle CanyonLast week we took a day trip to Starved Rock State Park, Illinois. Although it’s only a short 2 hour drive from Chicago, it had been well over a decade since my last visit. Why?! It was a perfect day for a nice hike in the woods, lots of spring flowers, mosses, and ferns to gawk at… oh and the Canyons!

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Filed Under: Archives, Blog, Green Destinations, Outdoor Garden, Plant Tagged With: Anemone nemorosa, bracken fern, canyon, daisy fleabane, fern, hike, hiking, illinois, lichen, moss, mossy, Oxalis stricta, roots, spiderwort, Starved Rock, starved rock state park, State Park, Tradescantia virginiana, tree, wild columbine, wild flowers, wood anemone, yellow woodsorrel

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