December 21, 2006

Witch hazel flowers

Moon phase: Waxing crescent
Weather: Chilly

Witch hazel flowers (Hamamelis virginiana) in Rock Creek Park this fall. I'd been wanting to get pictures of these for a while because I need them for my herbal encyclopaedia, and I caught the flowers too late last year; the petals had already fallen off.

December 1, 2006

Maple light

Moon phase: Waxing gibbous
Weather: Unseasonably warm

The red maple (Acer rubrum) in my back yard in late summer.