Queen Anne’s lace

Nature Silhouettes

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There’s something intriguing about silhouettes. Without using words, they tell a story, leaving the details to your imagination.

“The object of art is to give life shape.”  ~Willliam Shakespeare

Queen Anne’s Lace

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Each year I look forward to the season of the stately and charming Queen Anne’s Lace. The delicate lace-like flowers, which grow wild along our country road, beautify the landscape, attract pollinators and provide habitat for a variety of insects. Ants, attracted by the flower’s nectar, are beneficial since they help protect them from aphids.

“Not a weed but a seed that has blossomed into a flower indeed.” ~Deborah Parise

An Afternoon Drive

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An afternoon drive to Hop-In Refuge allowed us to view Sandhill Cranes which are wintering in West Tennessee.

Then, driving along the back roads in the area, we spotted a Northern Harrier flying low over a farm field in search of small prey …

… and a Great Blue Heron, which seemed out of place standing in a field of long white turnips or radishes.

We found more Sandhill Cranes out foraging in the vegetable fields …

… and blasting out their bugle calls from overhead.

Dried Queen Anne’s Lace heads decorated the roadside ditches, reminiscent of summer days gone by.

“I hope that the days come easy and the moments pass slow, and each road leads you where you want to go.”  ~Rascal Flatts

Queen Anne’s Lace

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Presently, our country road is lined in places with rows of Queen Anne’s Lace.  The beautiful white wildflowers give the roadside a magical appearance.

… Her lawn looks like a meadow,
And if she mows the place
She leaves the clover standing
And the Queen Anne’s Lace!
~Edna St. Vincent Millay