http://the236diner.com/2008/06/03/today-i-saw-4/ Life in South Berwick, Maine Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:28:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://the236diner.com/2008/06/03/today-i-saw-4/#comment-1453 Jean D Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:03:25 +0000 http://the236diner.com/2008/06/03/today-i-saw-4/#comment-1453 As I walked through Vaughan Woods recently, I noticed that the jack-in-the-pulpits are up (entrance trail just past Hamilton Brook) and the sassparilla is in bloom. Sassparilla is a low growing 16 inch plant. It has one stem with three sets of leaves which shade a second stem with three balls of small white flowers. The sassparilla covers the forest floor on the main trail after you enter the park and start to climb the hill. The stems with the flowers are not as numerous as the rest of the plants with foliage. The lady slippers are in full glory, but likely to start going by soon as the weather warms and continues to be dry. I have counted about 2 dozen within sight of the trail. There are six or seven right at trails edge. The black flies are down and the deer flies haven't come yet. As I walked through Vaughan Woods recently, I noticed that the jack-in-the-pulpits are up (entrance trail just past Hamilton Brook) and the sassparilla is in bloom. Sassparilla is a low growing 16 inch plant. It has one stem with three sets of leaves which shade a second stem with three balls of small white flowers. The sassparilla covers the forest floor on the main trail after you enter the park and start to climb the hill. The stems with the flowers are not as numerous as the rest of the plants with foliage. The lady slippers are in full glory, but likely to start going by soon as the weather warms and continues to be dry. I have counted about 2 dozen within sight of the trail. There are six or seven right at trails edge. The black flies are down and the deer flies haven’t come yet.

]]> http://the236diner.com/2008/06/03/today-i-saw-4/#comment-1445 ladyjane Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:45:30 +0000 http://the236diner.com/2008/06/03/today-i-saw-4/#comment-1445 I didn't see it, but I heard it. As I was walking my dogs in the woods that border our property and Old Mill, I heard Highland bagpipes. I enjoyed sitting by the stream hearing music that transported me to the hills of Scotland. Truly stirring. Would love to know who it might have been! I didn’t see it, but I heard it. As I was walking my dogs in the woods that border our property and Old Mill, I heard Highland bagpipes. I enjoyed sitting by the stream hearing music that transported me to the hills of Scotland. Truly stirring. Would love to know who it might have been!

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