#samaras

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[dvoeverie-stitches]

Afternoon Walk 3/18

It’s so nice to be down in the valley again. Every time we’ve moved to another town I miss the lake and the river and all the wetland trails. Today we discovered that a part of the bike trails we walk had been expanded while we were mostly shut-in over the last couple years. The trail head is a two minute drive from where we are currently staying.

Maple covered in samaras, ragwort, trumpet vine, cattails

Canada geese

@jayeltontoro that speck in the black and white photo is a great blue heron! We saw five or six of them today

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[foragingincanadamb]

White Elm Tree

Find:floodplains, stream banks, and swampy ground, hillsides and other well-drained soils. On elevated terrain,it is most often found along rivers.Also found in yards and parks.

Description:medium to large deciduous tree, typically growing to 60-80' tall with a vase-shaped, broad-rounded crown.

Edible parts:The flowers & samaras(fruit-seed pods) can be used in salads,soups etc.The bark is extremely rich in mucilage.Young leaves are edible raw or cooked.The inner bark is also edible in worse case scenarios( This will kill the tree)

Precautions: People are sometimes allergic.

[photozoi]

This little Douglas Pine Squirrel or Chickoree is quite dark.

Basil is our little Chickoree with a touch of melanism, making his coat much darker then his friends and family (see below)... and making him quite easy to recognize.

[elladastinkardiamou]

Greek "Masked" Seahorse Nominated for Photo Award

A seahorse floats with a mask caught in its tail. The image, captured by Greek photographer, Nikos Samaras, has been nominated for an award.

Against a background of a pristine aquamarine sea, a seahorse floats along with a face mask caught in its tail. This arresting — and disturbing — image, captured by Greek photographer and diver Nikos Samaras, has now been nominated for the “Ocean Photography 2021” award.

Samaras captured the image in the waters of Stratoni Halkidikis, on the scenic northern peninsula of Greece, about 90 minutes east of Thessaloniki.

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beacons of light by Joy Jordan Via Flickr: i love maple trees that keep their samaras over the winter. during sunset light, they glow like angels. and once snow melts a little, fallen samaras are illuminated. beacons of light, inviting us to step forward; to embrace this complex world with courage and grace; to show up each day and begin again.