28.6.13
Storm Cloud Follows me Home... Summer deluge
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21.6.13
More photos from Mt Baker.
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19.6.13
The Nooksack River near at Mt Baker
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Me @ Mt Baker Chain Lakes Trail.
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18.6.13
Corn Lily
I love the Corn Lily
From my first hike when I saw it, early summer at MT Baker years and years ago, on a trail in the fog, early in the morning.
Was I camping?
I don't recall if I climbed out of a tent that morning or not, but I have a photo, somewhere of me in my black fleece, and purple and pink hat, walking that trail, happy as a lark.
Light hearted...
whatever weight I had been carrying, put down at some trail head I had never been on before.
I had great hopes for that trail, that path....
we always do.
Life has a way, though, of taking us on detours, doesn't it?
And there's no recipe for everyone.
In Life, One size, doesn't fit all..
Still, here I was again, at MT Baker the other day, at Artist Point, still frozen actually, so didn't re enact that famous hike from 1994, although, I was in the same company.
This time I managed to fall, as I so often do, down this hill, to visit this Corn Lily, and take a few photos, and it was worth a fall.. Anyway, I fall so well!
Corn Lily is a very nurturing looking plant, it catches the eye, with it's beautiful green broad shaped leaves with corrugated surface, that gives a sense of depth as well as expansiveness.
it's feminine in it's appeal, and yet poisonous at least until after the frost. I am not sure what is done with it or how, but I hear tell it has healing properties for women's issues, and ailments..most recently I read it may be a cure for pancreatic cancer. They are testing it now.
If it cures this cancer, it is surely, a great nurturer. And a good sign, at that...
Warning Poisonous
( Scientific name: Veratrum californicum Common name: Corn Lily or False Hellebore
Family: Lily
Color: White with greenish centers.
Description: The 4 to 8 feet tall stalk, and many branching arms, are covered with tightly clustered 3/4-inch flowers with green centers.
Habitat: Wet meadows, creek beds, and drying swamps and marshes.
Toxicity/Edibility: The alkaloids in this plant make it extremely toxic to humans, livestock, and even insects. Ingestion has caused birth defects in animals, and losses in honeybee populations.
Medicinal uses: Historically, corn lily was used as a pain reliever and anti-convulsive (for epilepsy). Native Americans concocted an effective a birth control tea from the roots. Today it is used pharmaceutically to slow the heartbeat and lower blood pressure.
Comments: Because the leaves resemble those of corn stalks and edible "skunk cabbage," corn lily has been eaten mistakenly with fatal results--the alkaloids paralyzing the respiratory system. Native Americans used the juice to poison darts for warfare, and the powdered root made an effective insecticide.)
Warning Poisonous
( Scientific name: Veratrum californicum Common name: Corn Lily or False Hellebore
Family: Lily
Color: White with greenish centers.
Description: The 4 to 8 feet tall stalk, and many branching arms, are covered with tightly clustered 3/4-inch flowers with green centers.
Habitat: Wet meadows, creek beds, and drying swamps and marshes.
Toxicity/Edibility: The alkaloids in this plant make it extremely toxic to humans, livestock, and even insects. Ingestion has caused birth defects in animals, and losses in honeybee populations.
Medicinal uses: Historically, corn lily was used as a pain reliever and anti-convulsive (for epilepsy). Native Americans concocted an effective a birth control tea from the roots. Today it is used pharmaceutically to slow the heartbeat and lower blood pressure.
Comments: Because the leaves resemble those of corn stalks and edible "skunk cabbage," corn lily has been eaten mistakenly with fatal results--the alkaloids paralyzing the respiratory system. Native Americans used the juice to poison darts for warfare, and the powdered root made an effective insecticide.)
In The News, on Corn Lily Research for Cancer
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Old Growth Stumps on The Nooksack River horseshoe Bend Trail Yesterday
Blueberry and Sword Fern
Sword Fern
Blueberry growing on the stump
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17.6.13
Concrete WA ...Trip to MT Baker Yesterday via the Sauk River
Concrete WA. You may recall Deniro in the movie, This his Boys Life, which was filmed in 93'
This boy wasn't a nature boy I guess, because he lived near Paradise....
The Peak on the far left is MT Baker, unfortunately the name is a bad name for any mountain, no mountain should be named after a man.
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15.6.13
From the garden...
Every Garden needs a wee house for local fairy folk..
Money Wort in yellow bloom
peony, hydrangea, and rose and tulip petals
peony
The amazing drum from Rwanda
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11.6.13
The peony with over 60 blooms, still going. My neighborhood.
Stil blooming, peony with 60 buds this year....
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Mountain Laurel
Mountain Laurel is such an exquisite plant, and flower. It reminds me of Origami, and I am sure the idea for origami must have been inspired by this plant.
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6.6.13
Foxglove
A stunning white Foxglove from Near Mt Baker
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4.6.13
Views from home....
Rhododendren
Japanese maple
Spirea and climbing red rose, and a lovely rambling rose in yellow and pink
Hot lips in a garden of mosses and ground covers, and other sweet
plants, and plus a pond to catch rain water..
plants, and plus a pond to catch rain water..
From East to West, Pacific Northwest into the zen of living. Collector of textiles. Shinto orientation, A scholar, writer, poet, and as such, philosopher. Amarìël, is Ai Amorous Irrevocable . My favorite Poet, philosopher, friend, everything heart is, kindness!
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