Weekly Wildflowers – Crescent Beach State Park, Cape Elizabeth, ME
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Weekly Wildflowers – Saco Heath Preserve, Saco, ME
Today’s walk was brought to us by my FIL’s Downeast Magazine collection, which I was paging through last weekend. I had seen something about Saco Heath before (I am a Nature Conservancy member), but had forgotten. Sadly, we missed what appears to be a rather spectacular Rhodura bloom, but there was plenty of sheep
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The Spirit Ring – Lois McMaster Bujold
Read for the Once Upon a Time X Reading Challenge. Fiametta is the daughter of a goldsmith in an alternate Renaissance Italy where magic controls many of the arts, including her father’s. Fiamatta herself is a mage, but her father has not trained her – as a daughter, her abilities will eventually be lost
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Nordic Gods and Heroes- Padraic Column
Read for the Once Upon a Time X Reading Challenge. This is a nicely redone edition of a 1920 Dover compilation (originally entitled The Children of Odin). It covers the range of Norse mythology – from the creation of the world, Odin’s many adventures, Loki’s many adventures, and Sigurd and the Twilight of the
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Knitting Notes
The scrappy garter stitch blanket is coming along. I’ve greatly reduced my worsted weight ends stash. Since I last checked in, I’ve added the following to the blanket: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in Baltic Heather, Shire Heather and Brass Heather colorways, Knitpicks Wool of the Andes Superwash in Columbine, Knitpicks
Canada Mayflower
Canada Mayflower Maianthemum canadense Other names: Canadian may-lily, Canada mayflower, false lily-of-the-valley, Canadian lily-of-the-valley, wild lily-of-the-valley, Two-leaved Solomonseal Family: Ruscaceae (Butcher’s Broom Family) Range: From the Yukon and British Columbia east to Newfoundland and south to Nebraska and Pennsylvania, and also in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia. Native: Native Native Habitat: Forest understory plant
Weekly Wildflowers – Forest
Locations:Sebago Lake State Park, Casco, MECoastal Maine Botanical Garden, Boothbay, MEGilsland Farm, Maine Audubon, Falmouth, MEAndroscoggin Riverlands State Park, Turner, ME
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Garden Notes
I finished up the last of the neatening I needed to do in the garden this morning – nothing particularly photogenic – like fixing a broken trellis. I also brought all the houseplants out for the summer. We got some gnats over the winter (I think they came in when I repotted a