After my son and I finished our April 2015 float from Buck Hollow to Bluff View, there was still about 2 hours to spare before we were due to be picked up. There are a few caves just down the river from where we were so we decided a little hike was in order.
Uvularia grandiflora - Large Bellwort
There are quite a few hidey-holes along this part of the river. Toby explored a few while I snapped photos of wildflowers.
Don't get lost, Toby!
Emma Jane exploring too.
Trillium recurvatum - Purple Trillium
Asarum canadense - Wild Ginger
Arisaema triphyllum - Jack-in-the-Pulpit
We passed this wide area of bluebells going to and from the caves. It was impossible to walk through them. You'd squish one with every step, they were that thick!
Dicentra cucullaria - Dutchman's Breeches
Podophyllum peltatum - Mayapple
A bee of some kind on on a Redbud tree
By the time we got back, Sean was waiting for us. We loaded the kayaks up and headed home.
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you checked out part one (link in the first paragraph)! Missouri is one of the best places for unique wildflowers, especially in the spring. I love it. Thanks again!
Oh, drama in the coop... One of the "hens" is now the dominant roo... over the daddy who is pure Cornish that I breed with my White Rocks, and the son who is the cornish cross I have been breeding toward. Of course THIS little asshole has bullied both the roos I want. There may be a stew pot in his future. Meh, I talk tough, we are trying to give him away first... He is really a nice roo, good genetics and disposition.
We have 4 roosters and 5 hens all waiting to be sent to Feather Heaven in our freezer. We just haven't gotten up the balls to do it yet. Good luck with rehoming or eating your naughty roo!
What a nice view of spring in the Ozarks! There are so many holes and caves in that country! I like all your flower photos - and the scientific names. The Ozarks is so full of local plant names, sometimes 3 or 4 for the same plant, lol. That's a nice forest, too, with those wildflowers. It shows a healthy forest that hasn't been taken over by invasive species. So nice!
It's nice seeing Mayapples. Their ripe fruits (completely yellow) smell and taste so tropical - almost like a passion fruit. When I lived in Michigan, I made Mayapple jam every year. If you ever see a white moth on a flower, that is really special!
It's nice to see the Wild Ginger, too! And the Redbud flowers. I enjoy using both of them. Most of the pollination of Redbud flowers is from bumblebees. So that's pretty nice to have a photo of that! Thanks for the walk -- and I hope you see lots of good woodland wildflowers this spring!
That was like a walk through my mom's wildflower garden, almost made me cry. In a good way of course!
I'm glad you liked it! How are the chickens getting along?
Oh, drama in the coop... One of the "hens" is now the dominant roo... over the daddy who is pure Cornish that I breed with my White Rocks, and the son who is the cornish cross I have been breeding toward. Of course THIS little asshole has bullied both the roos I want. There may be a stew pot in his future. Meh, I talk tough, we are trying to give him away first... He is really a nice roo, good genetics and disposition.
We have 4 roosters and 5 hens all waiting to be sent to Feather Heaven in our freezer. We just haven't gotten up the balls to do it yet. Good luck with rehoming or eating your naughty roo!
What a nice view of spring in the Ozarks! There are so many holes and caves in that country! I like all your flower photos - and the scientific names. The Ozarks is so full of local plant names, sometimes 3 or 4 for the same plant, lol. That's a nice forest, too, with those wildflowers. It shows a healthy forest that hasn't been taken over by invasive species. So nice!
It's nice seeing Mayapples. Their ripe fruits (completely yellow) smell and taste so tropical - almost like a passion fruit. When I lived in Michigan, I made Mayapple jam every year. If you ever see a white moth on a flower, that is really special!
It's nice to see the Wild Ginger, too! And the Redbud flowers. I enjoy using both of them. Most of the pollination of Redbud flowers is from bumblebees. So that's pretty nice to have a photo of that! Thanks for the walk -- and I hope you see lots of good woodland wildflowers this spring!