Category: Nature

  • Doe and Fawn

    Doe and fawn in Bird Park

    In Bird Park, Mount Lebanon.

    Fawn in Bird Park
    Doe in Bird Park
    Fawn in Bird Park
    Doe and fawn in Bird Park
    Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6.
  • More Daylilies

  • Tree and Moon

  • Daylilies

  • Blackberry Season Begins

    Blackberries beginning to ripen
    Kodak EasyShare Z981.

    Roadside blackberries just beginning to ripen in Robinson Township.

  • Sweet William

    Dianthus barbatus naturalized on a bank in Mt. Lebanon Park.

    Kodak EasyShare Z981.
  • Alliums

  • Snow-in-Summer (Cerastium tomentosum)

    Cerastium tomentosum

    A deservedly popular ground cover often seen in Pittsburgh, noted for its silvery foliage and its carpet of pure white flowers in May and June.

    Snow-in-Summer
    Cerastium tomentosum
    Nikon COOLPIX P100.
  • Pink Horse-Chestnut

    Fujifilm FinePix HS10.

    Aesculus × carnea blooming in Oakmont.

  • Kale Flowers

    Kale flowers

    Kale is a biennial. If you let some kale overwinter, it will give you cheery yellow mustard flowers in the spring, which will produce the seeds for another crop of kale.

    Closeup of kale flowers
    Kodak EasyShare Z981.