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Mar. 26, 2020

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Mar. 26, 2020

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Mar. 26, 2020

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March 26, 2020

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This is a sample of the sharing Tori and I did. We began to comment on each other's slideshows as a way of responding and also met via Zoom every other week.

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April 4, 2020 (notice what is happening in the center!)

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not moss at all....you're going to "liken" it.

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Some microscopic images of red maple from March 2018...

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SURPRISE WINDOWSILL NATURE!

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I've been watching this plant bud. I believe it is in the Japanese maple family.

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4 dark red brown sepals

At base of flowers, 4 tiny green leaves

36 tiny flowers inside bud.  Some miniscule,-- immature or abortive? -- some larger and already opening, showing flower parts

4 yellow green petals with frilly edges

4 yellow green stamen, no pollen yet

Tiny central pistel, too short to really see well

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Will these be samaras?

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My observations track the reflections of spring in vernal ponds and other wetlands I frequently visit.

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Water reflections included identification of frog eggs, I think.

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Water reflections included identification of frog eggs, I think.

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My dogwood has beautiful leaf buds that are opening up but absolutely no flower buds. Bad pruning job? I think I might have finally solved the mystery by talking to my neighbor (with 6 feet between us). The lawn used to get fertilized each year by the previous owner of the house. It kept the lawn lush but with its high nitrogen content, it may have kept the tree focused on growing green rather than flower buds. We won't be using lawn fertilizer, so I hope we'll get some flowers back on this tree some day.

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I've never noticed flowers on this mystery bush, but I see berries in fall.

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Seen April 21 at Arnold Arboretum

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Seen on April 23 in The Emerald Necklace, Brookline.

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Some microscope images here.

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Madelyn shares her discoveries of the plants, animals and fungi in one gated community in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.
Visit her pallet by clicking below.

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April 17,2020

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April 25, 2020

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leaves unfurling 4/25/2020

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link here to CD padlet

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March 27, 2020

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Viburnim buds

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Viburnum buds opening to a lovely scent.

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Reverse phenology

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Debbie has been looking in her own yard. Click below to see her padlet.

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Debbie has been looking in her own yard. Click below to see her padlet.

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April 25, 2020

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Spring 2020

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Located near Mendum St. Gate in Arboretum. Click below to see CHINESE HONEYSUCKLE Padlet

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Located near Mendum St. Gate to Arboretum. Click below to see WITCH HAZEL Padlet

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Birch with catkins
Is this the male flower?

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TWO WEEKS LATER

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WINDOW VIEW OF OAK BUDS AND BIRCH CATKINS 5/2/20

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WINDOW VIEW OF OAK BUDS AND BIRCH CATKINS 5/2/20

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Trifoliate orange trees in Arboretum. The 2 trees are growing right next to each other one is fully leafed out with tiny flower buds not even open. The one next to it has no leaves out and flower buds just starting to open. Why?

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See comment for tree#1 above.

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Dede shares spring in the woods in Newton focusing mostly on mosses. 

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Dede shares spring in the woods in Newton focusing mostly on mosses. 

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Visit her link by clicking below.

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Pincushion moss          Acrocarp (stands up) vs. pleurocarp (crawls)              Thin lance-shaped leaves        No midrib, smooth edges      Forms dense cushions-like white green sea urchins

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Pincushion moss          Acrocarp (stands up) vs. pleurocarp (crawls)              Thin lance-shaped leaves        No midrib, smooth edges      Forms dense cushions-like white green sea urchins

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Pincushion moss in Webster Woods, Newton

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Pincushion moss in Webster Woods, Newton

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A visual guide to ph(r)enology

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I have done 2 additional projects. One is simply a timeline of photos I have taken as Spring has emerged.
https://padlet.com/gsarajg/jqk0dnz15g4d5z7d

The other project is a study of 3 plants. With the Oakleaf Hydrangea and the Horse Chestnut I am watching the changes in the plant. With the Oak tree I am looking for living creatures.
https://padlet.com/gsarajg/1cgh4bzz1pr6309t

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Here are the first hopeful little red heads, poking up with their promise of big, showy white blossoms to come.  But we only know that from experience!  Nothing, to my eye anyway, indicates the surprise that is to come.
Taken April 4, 2020

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I noticed the brilliant red fades as the stem grows. It's like the red "spreads out"!

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A bud!

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April 29, in NH! This is what I see 70 miles north. The peonies are 3 weeks behind Jamaica Plain

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I learned so much chatting about these pictures with Kalpana. I always went away from our conversations with new perspectives and questions to explore.

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located near Mendum St. Gate to Arboretum. Click below to see LARCH  Padlet

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April 8
When the cherry tree blooms so briefly each year it serves to remind us how precious and precarious life is

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This pair of striated leaves are emerging form the outer covering. I looked really closely at the alders over the last several weeks.

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These cool little cones usually fall between January & March. The seeds are buoyant. Makes sense- alders are often near a wet area

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This was fun! Toby and I met at AA a few times, checked in by phone... and then she got a job tracing the coronavirus! Yay, Toby!  I explored spring's arrival in my backyard, neighborhood, a local preserve, and the Arboretum. Followed my Japanese maple and an apple tree, but otherwise decided to capture whatever caught my eye-- which you'll see was a lot. Attached is my padlet-- most recent pics first.

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Here are some photos I took around my house - Whittemore rd newton ma :) I had questions about the change of colors for leaves - in the rose plant for example from pinkish to then greenish-what gives them the colors besides the sun? Plus I wonder about the texture of the peppermint plants coming up by the white wall - the hairy leaves are they for protection purposes? And the shape of the dandelion leaves are great for me too :)

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Hello little hands with a million tall fingers! Joris does not know your name but you are cute!

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Mint (maybe peppermint) coming up from below the mulch by Joris' house

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Furry Mint leaves coming out in March by the wall

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Purple torpedos to Joris - a bulb kind of plant coming out

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Old and new rose parts together...Joris loves and wonders about the color change between new and growing leaves...

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dandelion leaves make the best pattern... it makes Joris' wonder about the shapes and patterns in nature - there function and spiritual energy :D

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Judy noticed these spring flowers - wondering what kind of crocus she was looking at...

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Judy's small hawk friend during her walk in the woods...

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Judy's moss encounter? This is moss right not lichen?

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Joris' log with leaf jelly fungi growing on it :)

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closer look at Joris' find while enjoying green tea on the porch and a sunny day

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close look at jelly fungus...the color is so bright.. looks like a tart or apple tart to me :D

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Fungi again

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Roots - orange color - whose roots Joris wonders

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Judy's beautiful flower - Joris does not know the name...

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The buds are getting ready to spring out!!! Phase 1 - of unknown flowering plant in Joris' backyard

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The flowers are out and such a surprise to see two colors from the same plant!!!!! Joris does not know the reason but is delighted to learn! Color changes are in response to light but I wonder what is more to these changes in plants. Phase 2 of unknown flowering plant!

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Judy shares the unfolding twirling leaves of this plant... Joris cannot identify it - could be a type of Lily?

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Moss and water from the melting ice up high - from Judy's walk

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More moss from Judy? Curly this one :D

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Love this plant - who is this beauty? Such complex mix of warm colors in the leaves as well as in the petals!

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the sounds of nature - delightful sharing from Judy's walk

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Looks like red long arms and hands coming from the ground up... waking up finally brightly and boldly!

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So elegantly you rise,
like leaves from paradise,
you could also be red fireflies!

Joris could not stop talking to these tall friends :D

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The leaves came out after I put the flowering branch in water! Cool - I would not have imagined the leaves to come from the flower itself!