Doomydain

Despite the dreary weekend weather in NC-WV (seems to be the pattern lately), I was able to hike a few more trails in the Quebec Run Wild Area, just over the state line in PA. Photos above are from the inersection of Hess and Rankin Trails, which converge at the namesake Quebec Run. Pink lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium acaule) is now at peak bloom in the local woods, while early azalea (Rhododendron prinophyllum) is just starting to push. American cancer-root (Conopholis americana), a parasitic plant that grows from the roots of oak and beech trees, is also in bloom in May. The flowering stalks of the plant remind me of stubby corncobs sprouting from the earth. You can't walk three or four steps without seeing a patch.

岐阜横蔵寺 // Yokokura-ji Temple, Gifu

Aron Wiesenfeld (American, 1972) - Nightwatch (2024)

Spruce Lake

Surrounded by moss in Skottvång, Sweden.

Returning to the Hall by Richard Redgrave

Autumn

Portrait of a crow

Keldur, Iceland

Red Deer in Moonlight Landscape by Eugen Krüger

A memory from the 15th of May 2019. Is this even the same world?

Fungal