The legume family definitely came into its own this past week – there were lush carpets of them everywhere on our ride home – roadsides in New England are pretty much their ideal habitat.
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Actual picture date: 6/16/17.
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I actually had the whole week off after the Montreal trip off. (We were supposed to both have it off, until the Great Appendix Caper in February forced the BF to have to give some time back.) I have been slow in posting because our internet has been on the fritz for
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I distinctly remember my mother reading the Little House books to my sister and me before bed, over a longish period of time, as we got them from the library. It was before fourth grade, because it was in our original Portland house. There are only a few books I remember from that bedtime reading
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The botanic garden also has a fantastic conservatory, which just kept going, and going, and going. There was an orchid room, and a fern room, and a begonia room, and a Spanish hacienda garden, and a bonsai room. And more. I really enjoyed our visit there, and absolutely must go back, because
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I need to give a special mention to this hawkweed – it was wedged into a crack on the wall just below the balcony of my ninth floor hotel room in Montreal. This should be the picture dictionary definition of a plant generalist.
On Saturday (6/17), we headed out to the botanical garden, which was an easy subway ride from our hotel. The place is huge – there’s also an insectarium and a biodome you can visit – I don’t know how people do it. We managed maybe a quarter of the outside gardens, and
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Actual picture date: 6/15/17. These pictures were taken on the side of route 302, somewhere on the more eastern side of Vermont. Because we have apparently become those people that will pull over to take pictures. (Though only when there’s really no traffic. We do have some standards.)
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