Sunday, May 24, 2015

Spring Beauty

 Shelf or bracket fungus (Polyporous squamosus)

A walk in the woods is almost always pure pleasure but this time of year it's WOW!

 Chokecherry blossoms

 Ostrich ferns opening out

Maple keys

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48 comments:

  1. MadSnapperMay 24, 2015 at 5:21 AM

    when the fern shot came up i said out loud, ooohhhh. stunning

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  2. RevrunnerMay 24, 2015 at 5:54 AM

    The fungus is a standout.

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  3. eileeninmdMay 24, 2015 at 6:15 AM

    Lovely images from your walk. I love the fungi and the pretty ferns. Have a great Sunday and new week ahead!

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  4. Coloring Outside the LinesMay 24, 2015 at 8:35 AM

    These are fantastic finds! I wish I could walk in the woods, but we are having a terrible time with snakes right now because of all the water.

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  5. rainfield61May 24, 2015 at 8:36 AM

    I love this beautiful mushroom.

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  6. Margaret Birding For PleasureMay 24, 2015 at 8:50 AM

    Oh Yes everything is greener than green and I love the first shotsso much.

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  7. BirdmanMay 24, 2015 at 9:32 AM

    Reminds me I had a huge dish of fiddleheads with a steak on the grill the other night. Satisfying.

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  8. Mary HoneMay 24, 2015 at 9:52 AM

    Such beauty. Spring is so full of life.

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  9. tiptoethruphylsgarden.blogspot.comMay 24, 2015 at 9:56 AM

    you remind me that I am overdo for such a walk,thanks for taking us along,& what beautiful pictures you have captured!phyllis

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  10. TexWisGirlMay 24, 2015 at 10:59 AM

    i like the 'toasted marshmallow' in the top shot. and love the ferns. :)

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  11. UnknownMay 24, 2015 at 11:27 AM

    Gorgeous photos! I love the patterns on the fungus.

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  12. Sylvia KMay 24, 2015 at 11:36 AM

    Such an incredible variety and all so beautiful!! What a fun walk!! Thanks as always for sharing the beauty!! Your captures are superb as always!!! Hope your weekend is going well!!

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  13. JudyMay 24, 2015 at 12:28 PM

    Who would ever think that fungus could be so pretty.

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  14. Ginny HartzlerMay 24, 2015 at 1:10 PM

    Glorious and interesting photos!! The fern shot is just stunningly beautiful! I did not know this is called shelf fungus! There are some on trees in this area, but I never knew what it is called. Love learning this today! Can I tell you something? When a saw the little tiny thumbprint picture of your post on my sidebar, I thought it was a pie! If you squint your eyes, it does kind of look like one...

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  15. RoseMay 24, 2015 at 1:11 PM

    I like all, but boy, that fern is my favorite. Just something about it is so appealing to me.

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  16. John @ Beans and I on the LooseMay 24, 2015 at 1:15 PM

    Oh yes on the shelf fungi. It has a nice pattern to it unlike what I have here.

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  17. William KendallMay 24, 2015 at 1:29 PM

    The chokeberry blossoms are quite pretty!

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  18. StephanieMay 24, 2015 at 2:19 PM

    Those maple keys, I have always called them helicopters. Beautiful images!

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  19. MariMay 24, 2015 at 2:55 PM

    Lovely fern that is. Spring has lots to offer. Nature has lots to display. We got a lot to appreciate.

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  20. RedPatMay 24, 2015 at 3:51 PM

    Everything is such a soft green at this time of year!

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  21. BasiaWMay 24, 2015 at 4:02 PM

    It is true- spring is beautiful!

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  22. Gill - That British WomanMay 24, 2015 at 4:42 PM

    I did not know they were called shelf fungus. All are lovely photos.

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  23. UnknownMay 24, 2015 at 4:49 PM

    The maple seeds are very thick on the ground this spring.

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  24. UnknownMay 24, 2015 at 6:14 PM

    Great pictures, I do love the first one in particular..

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  25. MichelleMay 24, 2015 at 6:51 PM

    I always love to see those ferns at this time of year.

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  26. Ruth HiebertMay 24, 2015 at 8:52 PM

    This is a most wonderful time of the year.So much beauty and too often,so little time.

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  27. RandyMay 24, 2015 at 9:24 PM

    Nature is so lovely.

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  28. GreenComotionMay 24, 2015 at 10:10 PM

    Tina,
    I thought the first one was a gourmet pizza, until I saw the caption - looks beautiful and delicious :)
    Have a Great One!
    Peace :)

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  29. Pietro BrosioMay 25, 2015 at 1:39 AM

    Wonderful images from your walk. Pretty fungus and nice green!

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  30. Babzy.BMay 25, 2015 at 3:32 AM

    Very nice serie :)

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  31. diane bMay 25, 2015 at 4:06 AM

    Lovely nature shots especially the fungus.

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  32. AnonymousMay 25, 2015 at 4:19 AM

    LOTS going on!

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  33. cieldequimperMay 25, 2015 at 6:03 AM

    They are all wonderful but chockecherries? You have chokecherries? Oh my goodness, now I have a chokecherry craving!!!

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  34. DarlaMay 25, 2015 at 8:13 AM

    I'd like to walk those woods with you. So much beauty.

    Darla

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  35. DonnaMay 25, 2015 at 8:18 AM

    You have captured the wonder and beauty of nature...

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  36. JeevanMay 25, 2015 at 9:12 AM

    Beautiful captures... liked the way ferns fold in.

    Delicious fungus

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  37. LowellMay 25, 2015 at 9:16 AM

    I think you probably enjoy walking in the woods more than the rest of us as you're so knowledgeable about the various forms of flora thereabouts. Beautiful photos!

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  38. Janice / Dancing with SunflowersMay 25, 2015 at 9:41 AM

    Always lovely to welcome spring and see everything wake up after the winter. The photo of the ferm spiraling back into life is great.

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  39. VPMay 25, 2015 at 1:39 PM

    Assorted wonders, great images!

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  40. OhmydearestsMay 25, 2015 at 1:49 PM

    Gorgeous!

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  41. Jenn JilksMay 25, 2015 at 2:37 PM

    That's the thing, isn't it? Such pops of colour and new life!!!!

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  42. HannahMay 25, 2015 at 3:50 PM

    I enjoyed your photos. I was intrigued by your calling maple seedpods keys so I googled them and found out that they are edible! I never knew that. I have many enormous maple trees that make bags and bags of seeds every year, but I think it would be an enormous job to try to harvest them, for one thing my big-leaf maples have small irritating prickly hairs on their seedpods. I got up on a ladder and bagged a lot one fall to prevent their falling all over some beds.

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  43. laurak/ForestWalkArt :)May 25, 2015 at 3:54 PM

    love all your walk pictures!
    i especially am addicted to taking pictures of fungi...so many shapes, textures, colors!! that's an awesome shelf mushroom.
    there's been one growing like crazy out back here...i've GOT to get a picture of it!!

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  44. BarbMay 26, 2015 at 8:19 PM

    Thank you for taking me along on this walk through lush beauty! I love that fern!

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  45. AnonymousMay 26, 2015 at 8:42 PM

    Beautiful series! I'm hoping for a bit of better weather to go walking each day again and see all nature's beauty.

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  46. KathyMay 27, 2015 at 11:56 AM


    We have large numbers of the bracket mushrooms here but they are all snow white and I love the patterns they form along the bark of the tree. Those ostrich ferns are spectacular!

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  47. Rambling WoodsMay 27, 2015 at 3:33 PM

    Yes walking is a pleasure and so are your photos. I love the ferns and I never knew that the maple seeds are called keys... Great post... Michelle

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  48. Silver ParrotJune 1, 2015 at 1:54 PM

    You found some really interesting things to capture in your photos. Love the ferns!

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