May 28-14

Past-E-Mail: Cam Notes - 2014: May: May 28-14
Life on the forest floor    ...scroll down to share comments
Photo by Bob Gilreath
Colorful fungi    ...scroll down to share comments
Photo by Bob Gilreath
Greenery growing    ...scroll down to share comments
Photo by Bob Gilreath
Trout lily    ...scroll down to share comments
Photo by Bob Gilreath
Purple crocuses    ...scroll down to share comments
Photo by Barb Bouwkamp
Variegated crocus    ...scroll down to share comments
Photo by Barb Bouwkamp


By
Mary Drew at Pasty Central (Mdrew) on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 06:26 am:

Bob Gilreath recently took a walk in the woods to see what it looks like again without snow and he found that the forest floor is slowly coming to life…hooray! That can only mean that Spring really is here to stay.

He found trees sprouting, mushrooms clinging, and flowers, too. I think the flower in the fourth photo is a Trout Lily, commonly referred to as a dog's tooth lily, at least that's what we call them.

The last two photos were snapped by Barb Bouwkamp while she was out exploring, too. I just love crocuses and can never get enough of them. It's just too bad they don't last very long. That's where Barb's photos come in to preserve them for future enjoyment.

It's so great to see things greening up and blooming once again here in the Keweenaw, it's a beautiful time of year.. Spring has finally sprung!


By Janie T. (Bobbysgirl) on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 07:07 am:

Good to see Spring has sprung in the U.P.!


By kosk in Toronto (Koskintoronto) on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 07:08 am:

I know that flower by both names. I saw lots of them near my
daughter's place in National Mine when we were there last week.
Has anyone seen spring beauties (arbutus) yet?


By Deb S. (Usedtobeayooper) on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 07:20 am:

Beautiful pictures!! It's so wonderful to see
spring back. Of course, we seem to have skipped
spring again and fast forwarded right into summer.


By Marianne Y (Marianne) on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 07:57 am:

Beautiful pictures, great close-ups~ Thank you Bob G and Barb and Mary!


By Alex "UP-Goldwinger" (Alex) on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 08:23 am:

Very nice and the second pic looks like bagels.
Just imagine if you please, bagels and cream cheese trees?


By Shirley Waggoner (Shirlohio) on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 08:52 am:

Quiet beauty!


By Tom (Tom) on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 09:22 am:

Was in the Copper Country over this past weekend. My wife and granddaughter found arbutus about
4 miles north of Hancock on the old family property.
One little blossom was all they dared to pick--endangered species. The "aroma" is really something. They are not as easily found as back in the 1940s and earlier.


By Duane P. (Islandman43) on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 10:20 am:

A very nice set of pictures showing the forest floor taking on a new look and the greening of the UP starting.
Kosk In Toronto: Small world, I was born raised in National Mine.


By kosk in Toronto (Koskintoronto) on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 03:57 pm:

Tom: I'm glad your family had a chance to see and smell arbutus.
It usually blooms about this time of year out near my dad's camp,
but I did not see any before we left.


By Pat & Glenda (Gormfrog) on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 03:57 pm:

Third picture looks like Lycopodium...club moss...very interesting part of the North woods plant community!


By kosk in Toronto (Koskintoronto) on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 04:13 pm:

I agree, Gormfrog. Club moss and ground pine are both great
favorites of mine. I remember writing reports about them when I
was in grade school. Saw them last week when I was in the U.P.


By Nick Karjala (Nmkarjala) on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 04:33 pm:

An edible form of mushrooms grow on old, dead hickory tree trunks and stumps here in Ohio called "Hickory Jacks". They are delicious when picked very young and sliced and then fried in butter. Years ago I used to pick them at my campsite in the foothills of the Appalachians in southern Ohio, and in the woods north of Dayton at a historic farm-pubic park where morels are also found.


By Thomas Baird (Thomas) on Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 04:31 am:

Spring at last!


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