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What is a mushroom?

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Jeff Abt
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  These beauties appeared like magic in my lawn the other day, no doubt stimulated by our recent rains. I wish I knew their name. After looking through my guide books,  I’m still not for sure of their identification.    Photo … Continue reading →

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Looking at a Photo…a Summer Photo!

Posted on August 10, 2019 by Jeff Abt
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Leica M10 W/ Leica Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH What is a good photograph? Sometimes it is hard to be objective (these little ones are my grand children), but I think this image is not bad. First criticisms: 1) Why not crop … Continue reading →

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Horticultural architecture

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Jeff Abt
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Elephant’s Ear  Alocasia macrorrhiza … Plants are often feats and triumphs of fantastic design. Leica M10 with/35mm Cron.

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Plant Blindness

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Jeff Abt
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From my favorite newspaper The Wall Street Journal The country has a growing case of ‘plant blindness’—a term used by botanists to describe the inability to identify basic plants. Even biologists struggle.” Douglas Belkin Aug. 14, 2018 11:17 a.m. ET … Continue reading →

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Prickly Pear( Opuntia) With Portulaca

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Jeff Abt
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Several years ago I bought a pad of Prickly Pear (Opuntia sp.) at the fresh produce “Mexican Section” of an area grocery store and rooted it in a 1/2 pot. It has been happy as a meadowlark even though it … Continue reading →

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Flowering Crab Apple

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Jeff Abt
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Flowering Crab Apple   Malus spp. I do not know the name of this cultivar. There are hundreds of species and hybrids. This double flowered version is, I seem to remember,  a French hybrid. There is a native East Texas species- Malus angustifolia. Crab … Continue reading →

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Little Botanical Jewels

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Jeff Abt
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Dawn Stover up at the SFA Gardens gave me three, small pots of these little botanical jewels. As she handed them to me she said, “Watch them; tell me what you think. They are native right here in Nacogdoches!“ This … Continue reading →

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Thankful Coming and Going

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Jeff Abt
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It’s been a tough year. As you dig through the year, it seems like there’s been trouble and heartache in layer after layer. Sometimes the soil has been rocky, sometimes dry and hard. Other times it’s been overly soggy and … Continue reading →

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A movie For Some Cold Winter Evening

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Jeff Abt
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“Glorious salvia which keep going until the first frost takes them.” We had wonderful rains this past week. I hardly stirred outside the whole day. A trip out to the mailbox in my Wellies was just about my only contact … Continue reading →

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