March 07, 2012 – Grass Widow foliage – Bitterroot foliage
I was out doctoring yesterday. The doctor says I need hearing-aids. What does he know? I hear what I want to hear.
Actually, I was a little surprised. I really didn’t know my hearing was limited. He didn’t really say I need hearing-aids. He said I was ‘a candidate for’ hearing-aids. I’m a little sorry, now, I rejected them without thinking. I wonder what the current technology has provided?
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We were out anyway, so I stopped by the park for a brief visit to see if the buttercup buds showing yellow had opened. They hadn’t. Two days with a little sun hadn’t changed them much.
I didn’t photograph the scrawny plant I saw first.
I placed a marker stone by the plant with three buds.
The spear of a grass widow caught my eye. I marked it with a stone. I saw a few others. Then I saw the little patch of grass widow spears and marked them.
I suppose finding the grass widows brought up the level of my attention. I noticed the bitterroot foliage and marked it then noticed bitterroot was all over the surface of outcrops.
I photographed the markers for the various plants and photographed ‘junction pine’ with one of the locator stones in the lower corner. All of the plants were in that area.
The pine seedling is the offspring of junction pine. It was just a little way beyond.
I walked over to get a photo of the north pond willow in strong light. It didn’t workout very well.
One the way back, having re-crossed the main trail somewhat west of junction pine I noticed a little red on the twigs of a scraggly shrub and photographed them. I suppose they were service berry, the first shrub to blossom. But I can’t be sure. I’ll pay more attention to the shrubs next outing.
