Random Thought of the Day

Nature is soooo cool!

Haha get it? Cool? As in cold? I'm so funny.



The starfish didn't think it was funny, Robert...

Plant Porn!

It's that time of year again...

It's that time of year when millions of organisms begin exposing their sexual structures to the world, releasing trillions upon trillions of male gametes into the environment!

And yes, that means it's time for hay fever and terrible allergies!

Plants all around Washington are blooming like crazy!

And of course, I took plenty of photos!

Glacier Lilly (Erythronium grandiflorum)
Check out those dangling anthers! Scandalous!

Pacific Trillium (Trillium ovatum)

Ballhead Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum capitatum)
So many anthers!
That's why it's called a Ballhead...

Vanilla Leaf (Achyls triphylla)

Pacific Bleeding-Heart (Disentra formosa)

Calypso Orchid (Calypso bulbosa)

Common Vetch (Vicia sativa)

Tiny Vetch (Vicia hirsuta)
It's such a little vetch!

Bicolor Lupin (Lupinus bicolor)

Large-flowered Triteleia (Triteleia grandiflora)
They look like they're ready to explode!

Death Camas (Zigadenus venenosus)

Spotted Coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata)
It's an orchid!

Three-leaf Foamflower (Tiarella trifoliata)

Herbal Speedwell (Veronica officinalis)

Another Calypso Orchid (Calypso bulbosa)
Also known as a Fairy Slipper

Here's some Seashore Lupin (Lupinus littoralis)
and blooming Common Sheep Sorrel (Rumex acetocella)

Heart-leaf Twayblade (Listera cordata)
A very tiny orchid!

Seablush (Plectritis congesta)
So cute and tiny!

New Summer Job!

This summer I will be payed to backpack around the Pacific Northwest and count birds. Training began this week and I'm having a blast!