News, nature, and community throughout the Emerald Triangle
A Blur of Rhododendrons Native plants with a hothouse look Daily Photo Rhododendrons pour out such a mass of blossoms that it is easy to forget just how exquisite the individual flowers are. My whole bush is overflowing with such a river of icy pink beauties that each flower disappears into a blur of color.
Read moreJoy After Sorrow Bleeding Hearts frill my yard. Uniquely shaped and Native to our area, they feel deliciously feminine and lush with sensuality. I have been trying for weeks to capture their beauty finally I just settled for this photo after a half an hour trying to capture the newly rising sun gleaming off their curves. Daily Photo #9
Read moreThe true variety of local poppies are golden like sunshine puddled onto grass. And the ones planted by Caltrans or purchased at nurseries are orange like a rich Oriental Silk. Which do you prefer? If I could only have one, I’d pick the yellow sunshine poppies but, I love them all. All? Yes, all–because the natives and imports mingled pollen
Read moreLike many native Humboldters, I married an invasive species-an outlander. And, I can see the good fresh ideas that came with intermarriage between my redneck culture and his occupying army of back-to-the-land folk. Perhaps that’s why I have a soft spot for many of Humboldt County’s exotics listed in a brochure put out by one of my favorite local groups-the
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