Celery Farm Colors and Textures of Late Spring and Summer Photo Gallery by Tom Burr at pbase.com

Celery Farm Colors and Textures of Late Spring and Summer

A walk along the trails of the Celery Farm in late May revealed many old friends and some new: Mountains of multiflora rose, trail borders of birdfoot trefoil, occasional glimpses of wild strawberry, jewel-like clusters of Dame's Rocket, two species of viburnum, delicate bunches of common fleabane, a hawkweed that was new to me. As the season progresses, most of these blooms will be replaced by different hues, offering more photographic opportunities.

By the way, as you stare at these images, perhaps seeing these flowers up this close for the first time, you may begin to doubt that these extremely complex structures could have "evolved" by undirected chance and natural selection. As the motto on one of my t-shirts says, "Intelligent Design Theory--if it looks designed, maybe it is."

Click on the images to enlarge--unless you are a philatelist and enjoy looking at postage stamps :-)

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Dense Patches of Birdfoot Trefoil Line the Meadow Path	Birdfoot Trefoil, Upclose and Personal	King Devil, an Alien Hawkweed	King Devil -- a Peek Underneath
	Common Fleabane	Common Fleabane
Common Cinquefoil	Arrowwood Viburnum	Arrowwood Viburnum	Dame's Rocket
Highbush Cranberry (which is not a cranberry--it's a Viburnum)	Mountains of Rosa multiflora--the fragrance is captivating	Rose Portrait I	Rose Portrait II
Rose Portrait III	Rose Portrait IV	Birdfoot Trefoil--Closer Up and More Personal	Trefoil With a Blush
Rose Portrait V	It's Pink; It's Pretty	Roses and Sensitive Fern	Another DR--Can't Resist 'em!
The Bulbous Buttercup--Perhaps	Crinkles--Young Joe Pye Weed	One More BFT. It's an irresistably variable species.	Crown Vetch
Red Osier Dogwood	Red Osier Dogwood with Unopened Buds	Red Osier Dogwood	Red Osier Dogwood Floral Arrangement
Exquisite Detail of Red Osier Dogwood Flowers	New Maple Growth	New Dogwood Growth	Textured Green Shadows of Maple and Elm
A look under "original" view will give you a clue where the texture comes from.	Yes indeed, the texture is made of...	Silver Maple	Milkweed soon!
Another Beautiful Bit of Texture and Color--Non-Botanical	Color and Texture with an Alien Flavor	Crown Vetch at its Vetchy Best	A Colorful Corner of the Wildflower Meadow
Foxglove (Digitalis) in the Butterfly Garden	Rough-fruited Cinquefoil	Cinquefoil Portrait I	Cinquefoil Portrait II
Fly Honeysuckle Fruit and Leaves
	Ripening Milkweed Buds	Milkweed--two flowers open, most on their way	Milkweed--half open, half on their way
		Intelligent Design--No Doubt About It!	Milkweed Pollination
Cinquefoil Pollination I	Cinquefoil Pollination II	Cinquefoil Pollination III - By a Different Species	Texture I
Texture II-- Where the Rough-Fruited Cinquefoil Gets its Name	An Intricate Inflorescence of Elder Florets	Yarrow	A somewhat More Satisfying Yarrow Image
Three Stages of Milkweed Ripeness	Where the Milkweed Grows	The Great Milkweed Stand	The Bees Are Busier and Busier!
...and pollination is happening.	621CF 102.jpgc.jpg	The bumble bees* are busy too!	It's All Chitin!
Call the Fire Department!	A Milkweed of a Different Color	No butterflies seen...	Indian Hemp
It's not as colorful as some flowers...	The flowers may not be spectacular...	Oxeye (False Sunflower)	Oxeye Reaches for the Sky
The Oxeye is one of my favorite plants.	From Oxeye to Oxeye Daisy		Tiny Iridescent Wings; Incredibly Complex Insect Design
Does this falsify a theory? (With apologies for one more bee-on-milkweed image)	The "Real" Honeysuckle	Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris) at Pirie	Visitor feeling in the pink
Hedge Bindweed	Hedge Bindweed	Increasing Color in the Butterfly Garden...	Lady Bug
Texture: Velvet--a Staring Contest	Velvet	Get busy, little beetles!	Oxeye (False Sunflower) Getting Ready to Greet the Sun
Oxeye -- the disk flowers are beginning to open		A milkweed bug perches on an oxeye, just for a break.	Oxeye Daisy in Prime Form - With Two Deptford Pink Onlookers
Collar Stays	Common St. Johnswort	A St. Johnswort Duo Just After a Brief Refreshing Shower
	Not Quite Ripe	Lapping up pollen from the cinquefoil's popsickle-like anthers	A Messy Multi-color Molt
A Rediscovered Elder Image	Pearl-like buds and elegantly simple flowers	Purple Coneflower--Fascinating at Every Stage
	Spiderwort
Spiderwort--One flower open, many more to come	Moth Mullein
The intricate floral structure of the moth mullein being enjoyed by a big-headed fly	Spotted St. Johnswort	Another Attempt at Spotted St. Johnswort Photography
Spotted St. Johnswort -- a plant that truly lives up to its name	A young coneflower gets another closeup	American Knapweed	American Knapweed
Queen Anne's Lace and Spotted Knapweed	Meadow Supervisor (and Consumer)	Oxeyes Continue to Produce Massive Displays	An Impressive Stand of Wild Bergamot
A Large Carpenter Bee Takes Advantage of Bergamot in a Very Early Stage		Cephalanthus occidentalis (Buttonbush)	Cephalanthus occidentalis--It can tower uber allis
	Multitudinous Tubular Flowers From Which to Extract Nectar	A Buttonbush Tribute to Red Buttons (February 5, 1919--July 13, 2006) Sayonara.	A Tiger Swallowtail Rests on Virginia Creeper
The Meadow at the High Point of Summer	Oxeye, Bergamot and Queen Anne's Lace	The Color Red - Brambles in Full Fruit	A Tangle of Brambles and Virginia Creeper
What could be redder?	Bergamot in full blush -- Beebalm	Chitin in Red	The Color Orange--in Tiny Packages
Lots of mama aphids and lots of parthenogenically cloned baby aphids. No daddies needed.	An Aphid-clad Milkweed Pod	Lunch!	More Orange, of a parasitic sort--Dodder
Strangling and Vampire-like Juice-Sucking Dodder--Not a plant you want in your garden!	Swamp Milkweed--even more attractive than the common variety	Self-Heal (or Heal-All) Growing Extra Tall This Year!	Joe Pye -- Almost as high as an elephant's eye--literally (at least nine feet)
Where are the little beetles?! These plants are entirely too healthy so far!	One more coneflower pair--with a foraging honey bee	A Fleabane Triplet with a Waspish Visitor	Fleabanes seem to make their own flower and bud arrangements--just add vase.
Ouch! It's Thistle Time. Get the point(s)?
		Aphid Totem Pole
Color: Metallic	Insect activity on both sides of the leaf
The Tiny Flowers of Agrimony	The Unusual Compound Leaf of Agrimony	Annoying but effective seed-dispersal mechanism - transported on my camera strap	Hitchhikers
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809CF 131.jpgb.jpg	809CF 134.jpgb.jpg	809CF 122.jpgb.jpg	Towering Joe Pye Weed
It's Goldenrod Season, Bigtime!	Overloaded Pollen Baskets	A Couple of Nice Mallard Portraits	809CF 088.jpgb.jpg
809CF 086.jpgb.jpg	An Unfortunate End?	A final bit of color and texture as we close out this gallery

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paularino		01-Nov-2006 00:01
. Really wonderful gallery! I tend to enjoy your selection of subjects and how you capture such beautiful colors - Voted! If you have some time, please feel free to stop on by and see if you like anything! http://www.pbase.com/paularino/great_smoky_mountains .

Shirin Golzar		24-Jul-2006 18:18
Beautiful gallery you have here.. Great shots! :)

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