Cor Blok illustrated many of Tolkien's scenes from Lord of the Rings. This one of Isildur cutting the ring off of Sauron is one of my favorites.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Cor Blok
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Interactive Wildflower Map For North Pond
View North Pond Nature Sanctuary in a larger map
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Sunday, April 11, 2010
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Plants of North Pond
North Pond Plants Slideshow
Joe Pye Weed (Sweet or Spotted or both?)
Thimbleweed (sw woodland)
Common Dogbane (se corner of pond)
Butterfly Milkweed (West Prairie and a few other spots)
New England Aster (North Wetland/Prairie)
Sand Coreopsis (East Slope)
Prairie Coreopsis (West Prairie)
Tall Coreopsis (West Prairie and some planted in North Prairie/Wetland)
Shooting Star (East Savanna)
Pale Purple Coneflower (West Prairie)
Purple Coneflower (West Prairie)
Rattlesnake Master (West Prairie)
Jerusalem Artichoke (West Prairie/East Savanna)
Prairie Alumroot (West Prairie)
Prairie Blazingstar (West Prairie)
Wild Bergamot (Many locations)
Common Evening Primrose (Many locations, weedy)
Stiff Goldenrod (West Prairie)
Wild Quinine (West Prairie)
Obedient Plant (West Prairie)
Prairie Cinquefoil (West Prairie)
Black-eyed Susan (Many locations)
Brown-eyed Susan
Wild Senna (North prairie/Wetland)
Cup Plant (West Prairie)
Prairie Dock (Many locations)
Ohio Spiderwort (Many locations)
Culver's Root (West Prairie)
Golden Alexanders (West Prairie)
Common Elderberry (East shoreline)
White Vervain (North Prairie/Wetland)
Riverbank Grape (Many locations)
Wild Columbine (Scattered locations)
Jack-in-the-Pulpit (East slope)
Rue Anemone (SW Woodland)
Wild Geranium (SW Woodland)
Virginia Waterleaf (East Savanna)
Virginia Bluebells (East Slope)
Celadine Poppy (SW Woodland)
Common Blue Violet (SW Woodland)
Sweet Flag (North Wetland)
Swamp Milkweed (North Wetland, scattered locations)
Buttonbush (South shoreline, scattered shoreline locations)
Common Sneezeweed (just planted in scattered locations)
Queen-of-the-Prairie (North Prairie/Wetland)
Blue Flag Iris (Shoreline)
Marsh Blazingstar (North Prairie/wetland)
Cardinal Plant (North Wetland)
Great Blue Lobelia (North Wetland)
Monkey Flower (North Wetland)
Common Arrowhead (Shoreline)
Blue Vervain (scattered locations)
Big Bluestem (West Prairie)
Switch Grass (West Prairie)
Introduced/Weedy
Yarrow (East Savanna)
Garlic Mustard
Common Ragweed
Canada (Tall) Goldenrod
Giant Ragweed (west Prairie)
Common Burdock
Common Evening Primrose
Common Milkweed
Indian Mustard
Canada Thistle
Asiatic Dayflower
Field Bindweed
Wild Carrot (Queen Anne's Lace)
Motherwort
Ox-eye Daisy
Purple Loosestrife
White Sweet Clover
Catnip
Common Buckthorn
Curly Dock
Bladder Campion
Wild Mustard
Bittersweet (nightshade)
Common Sowthistle
Red Clover
Great Mullein
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Monday, January 18, 2010
Friday, December 11, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Front Garden Pics
My favorite! Cardinal Flower!
A Morning Glory about to unfurl!
Purple Coneflower, Culver's Root, Prairie Blazingstar, Coreopsis, etc...
More Cardinal Flower
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Razzball
I've started writing for the fantasy sports site Razzball. I write under the name Doc.
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