Morning walk flowers
Some wild (and not so wild) flowers seen while walking the dogs around town in the morning.
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The Last Flowers of the Year
Keep your eyes open and you may catch a flash of yellow that is among the latest woodland blooms in Nixon Park this year. While maples and hickories are letting go of their last leaves, witch hazel reveals its strange yellow threads of unexpected color.
Mast Year
Have you noticed this year’s bumper crop of black walnuts? Comparing notes with a few friends, I’ve learned I’m not the only one who thinks this is a mast year—a season when certain trees seem to synchronize and pour their energy into producing an unusually heavy
This Week at Nixon Park - November 1-7
This is the week that autumn began looking a little more like winter. The thermometer fell below freezing here for the first time since last April, the wind strengthened and stripped many tress of their fall colors, the shadows are steadily lengthening as the sun tracks lower in the sky.
October at Nixon Park
October has been busy, but I have been able to keep up with my visits to the park. Here's what I've seen over the past month.