One early May day, I was walking with a friend in a preserve near her home. I had discovered the trail the day before and was so delighted with the abundance of wildflowers I wanted to share them with her. She was also delighted. And then, as we finished the trail, said, “I’m so glad […]
Beauty beyond thought everywhere, beneath, above, made and being made forever. ~ John Muir ~ Fans of John Muir will know that my title is the same as one of his most wonderful books. Like thousands before me, reading it made me want to go and spend the rest of my life in search of
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When I first thought of the title for this Halloween post, I had fun in mind: white flowers with ghostly or skeletal effects. There are those, like the cotton grass above and the trillium and others below. But the more I thought about white flowers, the more questions I had. How did they become white?
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Looking to answer my title’s question about the Tiburon mariposa lily, I was surprised to learn that rarity in the animal and plant world is quite common. Conservation scientists estimate that 75% of the species on earth are rare. The US Forest Service guesses that a third of the native plants in the U.S. can be
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