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My full and kooky life as a homeschooling mommy to 2 great kids, raising a child with HLHS (Hypolastic Left Heart Syndrome), coping with depression, following Jesus, and being much too camera happy.

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Welcome to my blog! My name is Esther and I’m so happy you are here. I’m an avid nature photographer and a daydreaming thinker. My posts revolve around photos of nature’s beauty, homeschooling adventures with my 2 kids, sporadic reflections on my child’s heart condition, Bible reading reflections, gardening feats, and other mish mash things. Hopefully you’ll leave encouraged, pensive, or smiling at the simple things of life. Thank you for stopping by and hope you’ll find some interesting posts to read!

Nature walk finds…around the block

Took a different walk route in our neighborhood this afternoon. Look what we found! Plump peas.

“Come forth into the light things, let nature be your teacher.” –William Wordsworth

Looks like sherbert ice cream colors. Garden rose.
Vivid succulents and the leaves are fleshy to the touch. The flowers open during the day and close at night. Called Hottentot-fig, sour fig, ice plant, or highway ice plant. It’s a creeping ground cover succulent.
Lamb’s Ear. Perfect name for the soft leaves. It reminded me of puppy ears, but lamb’s ears work too, I guess! :O
A good border plant although it is considered invasive. In the civil war, this leaf was used as bandages, and it has astringent properties.

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9 responses to “Nature walk finds…around the block”

  1. Pooja G Avatar
    Pooja G

    Those are so beautiful, love all of them.

    1. singlikewildflowers Avatar
      singlikewildflowers

      Thank you Pooja! I’m always amazed at the variety we can find on short or long walks.

      1. Pooja G Avatar
        Pooja G

        My pleasure and I’m like that during walks too, it’s amazing what we find.

  2. Liz Gauffreau Avatar
    Liz Gauffreau

    We have yellow lambs’ ears around our yard.

    1. singlikewildflowers Avatar
      singlikewildflowers

      That sounds very pretty! It bogs my mind to think how many colors one type of plant can get. Did I make sense in wording that?!
      Today I found a Lamb’s Ear plant in another place, and I was excited to be able to identify it. lol

      1. Liz Gauffreau Avatar
        Liz Gauffreau

        It is! (I think you mean boggles the mind.)

  3. DEVANG UPADHYAYA Avatar
    DEVANG UPADHYAYA

    Ahhh love them

    Looks exotic, beautiful gift by the nature

  4. Linda Schaub Avatar
    Linda Schaub

    I’m learning about plants (and veggies) just as you are!

    1. singlikewildflowers Avatar
      singlikewildflowers

      We are learning together!

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