a few pics I thought I'd share

18 years ago

{{gwi:865216}}
This willow got uprooted from a strong straightline wind we has a year or two back. Despite everything, it is still alive and growing. Amazes me how tenacious life can be.

{{gwi:865217}}
These Eastern redbud flowers remind me in shape of some little yellow flowers I commonly find growing along the roadside in summer. Cute little things.

{{gwi:595259}}
I just thought the pattern on these shelf fungi was rather nifty.

Sort by:Oldest

Comments (14)

grannymarsh
18 years ago
Love the fungi photo !! Thanks for sharing.
toomanyanimals
18 years ago
Loved all 3 pics, but the fungi - WOW!
gardenmaker79
18 years ago
That fungi pic is great. What part of MI did you see that in?
MotownMum
18 years ago
Wonderful photos. :)
wayner2000
18 years ago
Paul, great pics, enjoyed seeing them..........Wayne
sheryl_ontario
18 years ago
Great pics! Those loittle yellow flowers along the roadside are trefoil. Unusual fungi! Amazing willow!
paul_
Original Author
18 years ago
gardenmaker, these pics were taken along a river in the Marshall/Battle Creek area.

Sheryl, thanks for IDing the trefoil [Lotus corniculatus] for me! I've been wondering what it was. : )
Keli
18 years ago
Ooohhh, how nice, thanks for sharing. That fungi is too cool!
october17
18 years ago
I wish I could see the pics! I think I had some shelf fungi on my box elder last year. I know it's a weedy tree, but it was here when we moved in and we like the shade.
colleen_mi
18 years ago
Lovely photos, glad you shared.
october17
18 years ago
That's weird! I can see the pics now! Go figure!
Beautiful pics!
Now I'm sorry I never got up on the ladder and checked out the top of that fungi! I'll have to check it out now. It's still there! Doubt it's alive anymore, but it is still there.
compost_hugger_nancy
18 years ago
wonderful pictures! Makes me more homesick....can't wait for the surgeon to tell me I can go home.
songbirdmommy
17 years ago
Awesome pics!

My Grandmother was born in Marshall almost 100 years ago!
All my family is from Battle Creek.
My Dad moved out west while in HS, he took us back there a few times to visit his cousins and their kids, it was alot of fun!

Great Aunt and Uncle had a place out on 3 1/2 mile rd.
They used to have a berry patch with the most delicious berries on it.
I wish I knew what kind of berries they were.
I would love to try to grow some here.

Better yet, would love to contact the current owners and see if the berry patch is still there and if they would be willing to send me some cuttings!
What nostalgia that would be!
Eating berries from the same berry plant I ate from as a kid!
seil zone 6b MI
17 years ago
Beautiful photos, Paul. At first I thought that fungus was a snake curled up.