Unfurling in the Woods

By James Braswell | Published March 27, 2023

… But Only Momentarily! Today’s post features another woodland wildflower that was beginning to bloom along one of the woodland trails of Ha Ha Tonka State Park (Missouri Ozarks) last week … the Bloodroot wildflower. When the Bloodroot wildflower is about ready to bloom, the plant’s leaf, which is originally wrapped around the stem of […]

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Airing the Dirty Laundry

By James Braswell | Published March 23, 2023

Today’s post features another early spring wildflower that I captured last week at Ha Ha Tonka SP (Missouri Ozarks), Dutchman’s Breeches. Aptly named, the flowers on this small, woodland wildflower suggest that someone is hanging their dirty breeches in the woods to dry: Coming up … another woodland wildflower that was photographed on this hike. […]

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It’s Official … Spring is Here!

By James Braswell | Published March 21, 2023

Today’s post features one of Missouri’s earliest blooming, woodland wildflower … the Harbinger of Spring (aka, “Pepper and Salt”). While hiking the woodland trails of Ha Ha Tonka State Park (in the Missouri Ozarks) last week, I found this small, and often overlooked wildflower blooming adjacent to the woodland trail I was hiking. I captured […]

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Catching Spring Fever

By James Braswell | Published March 16, 2023

Today’s post features an image that I found while editing older images … immediately, I got spring fever! This image of a Tiger Swallowtail butterfly collecting nectar from a thistle plant, was captured on a Missouri prairie a few years ago: Another sure sign of approaching spring is the wonderful display of woodland wildflowers that […]

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Ya Ready?

By James Braswell | Published February 7, 2023

It won’t be long until signs of spring are showing all around us! The recent warm temperatures have caused me to suffer “spring fever”! One of the early signs of spring that I usually see is the appearance of Spring Beauty wildflowers that add a wonderful bit of color to the Missouri woodland landscape: Canon […]

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Harbinger of Spring

By James Braswell | Published March 24, 2021
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