Spring has been busting out all over the place here. A bit early I suppose, and I sure hope we don’t have a hard frost any time soon. I don’t think a lot of the plants would survive such an ordeal.
A lot of the blooms are not your typical “flowers” – you have to look up to see them.
Red Maples (Acer rubrum)
But some of them are pretty close to the ground:
Trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens)
In fact, the Latin name “Epigaea” for trailing arbutus means something like “pretty close the the ground.”
This will just be a quick post this evening. I am going on an Internet fast for 24 hours starting at sunset. This was something I had intended to do about a month ago, but forgot I was doing it and slipped up. Then I saw this challenge which reminded me that I had wanted to do this.
I think it’s good to unplug every now and then. I don’t intend to avoid all things electronic – just the Internet. Also, I find it amusing that in order to “take the pledge” on the organizer’s website, you have to have a Facebook account. No thanks Zuck! My goal is to be less plugged in, not more!
So if you comment on my blog and I don’t answer right away, now you know why.
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March 23, 2012 at 7:25 pm
I think it’s great to give up something important once in awhile. Good luck because it’s not easy. You have a pretty busy life so I’m sure you won’t have any trouble filling in the time.
Beautiful flowers. We do have to take the time to enjoy the marvels of nature. That is one of the things I love about geocaching. You get to be out in nature and not only enjoy but appreciate some of what she has to offer. Have a good weekend!
March 24, 2012 at 11:24 pm
I made it through the day without Internet access. I’ve done this before, but it was when I was camping. This time was different because it was right there in my house and all I had to do was log in. But I didn’t. I will probably do this again sometime (but not very often).
March 24, 2012 at 11:54 pm
Glad you made it through the sabbatical. I do the same thing each weekend day by working around the house or shooting pictures. Today I nailed the trim I painted last weekend onto the walls and hugged the ground shooting flower pictures. I still haven’t seen a trailing arbutus though. Instead I’ve seen odd flowers that you wouldn’t expect to be blooming now.
March 25, 2012 at 7:10 pm
We’ve got trailing arbutus here in spades. We even saw some open blossoms yesterday. I might post photos later, but I won’t make any promises.