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serafaerybit daunted by my to-do list today. need to start, but feeling sleepy and exhausted from hiking yesterday. hike was much needed and totally worth it, but ugh. maybe some food would help. (I usually don't eat until 11 or noon but I'm too sleeeeepy erf).
Got my first fall Green Ridge reservation in years, this morning! For a weekend, no less! So exiting! That means Josh can go! It's for Oct 1 and we've never been there that late, but I LOVE it there in Sept so we'll see. It might be cold and rainy the whole time, or, we might get the most spectacular fall sunsets ever. I tried to book all month for October reservations last year and never succeeded, I am feeling very grateful for this.
Too clouded over to see the full moon last night, but the night before it was spectacular.
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March did the reverse of the traditional "in like a lion, out like a lamb" this year. The first day of March hit 70. Yesterday, the last day of March, I got snowed on.
There is a very rare wildflower that grows at the top of Dog Mt and not many other places, a bright purple little clump in a kind of tall cluster, colloquially called kitten tails, highly coveted by spring wildflower enthusiasts - the vivid shades of purple are not possible to photograph. This was by far the most I've ever seen, they were all over the summit and went all the way to the top, I had kitten tails at my feet while nibbling my snacks and enjoying the soft silent snowfall.
Other early spring wildflowers lower down included....
Trillium!
Prairie Star!
Fairy Slipper! (Calypso Orchid)
Dutchman's Breeches!
Checker Lily! (or chocolate lily)
And the elusive Kitten Tails!
(They are small and scentless but mighty!)
Also loved this moss in the shape of an owl:
A few seconds of snow!
Got my first fall Green Ridge reservation in years, this morning! For a weekend, no less! So exiting! That means Josh can go! It's for Oct 1 and we've never been there that late, but I LOVE it there in Sept so we'll see. It might be cold and rainy the whole time, or, we might get the most spectacular fall sunsets ever. I tried to book all month for October reservations last year and never succeeded, I am feeling very grateful for this.
Too clouded over to see the full moon last night, but the night before it was spectacular.
...
March did the reverse of the traditional "in like a lion, out like a lamb" this year. The first day of March hit 70. Yesterday, the last day of March, I got snowed on.
There is a very rare wildflower that grows at the top of Dog Mt and not many other places, a bright purple little clump in a kind of tall cluster, colloquially called kitten tails, highly coveted by spring wildflower enthusiasts - the vivid shades of purple are not possible to photograph. This was by far the most I've ever seen, they were all over the summit and went all the way to the top, I had kitten tails at my feet while nibbling my snacks and enjoying the soft silent snowfall.
Other early spring wildflowers lower down included....
Trillium!
Prairie Star!
Fairy Slipper! (Calypso Orchid)
Dutchman's Breeches!
Checker Lily! (or chocolate lily)
And the elusive Kitten Tails!
(They are small and scentless but mighty!)
Also loved this moss in the shape of an owl:
A few seconds of snow!
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