Moon phase: Waxing crescent
Weather: Cool and wet
September 6, 2006
September 2, 2006
Bunchberry
Moon phase: Waxing gibbous
Weather: Raining and mercifully cool
This is bunchberry (Cornus canadensis), aka dwarf dogwood. The berries are edible.
August 31, 2006
August 27, 2006
August 23, 2006
August 22, 2006
August 21, 2006
Raven
Moon phase: Waning crescent
Weather: As always, hot and humid
I'm pretty sure this is a raven, based on the size and the call. But there's a small chance it's a crow.
August 19, 2006
Sumac
Moon phase: Waning crescent
Weather: Hot
This a group of staghorn sumacs (Rhus typhina) in Maine.
August 17, 2006
August 16, 2006
Self-heal
Moon phase: Last quarter
Weather: Ugh, still hot & humid
Phenology: Acorns are starting to fall
This little purple flower is self-heal (Prunella vulgaris), also known as all-heal and heal-all, is a little plant commonly found in yards and waste areas. It has a number of medicinal uses, as the common names suggest.
August 9, 2006
Full moon
Moon phase: Full moon
Weather: Cool again
This moon is from last month, when I was in Maine. We went out to the beach to watch it rise, and it was so hazy we couldn't see anything even though the moon should've been up already. The mosquitoes were starting to get bad and we were about to leave, when I noticed a pale pink disk rising in the clouds. It got brighter and brighter and finally rose above the clouds. Without all the lights of the city, the moon was just luminous.
Moon phase: First quarter
Moon phase: Waxing crescent
Moon phase: New moon
Moon phase: Waning crescent
Moon phase: Waning crescent