Comments on: America’s Roadside Bloomery

By: Bloomery 2008 | Fragments From Floyd

Bloomery 2008 | Fragments From Floyd — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:37:51 +0000

[...] summer, I wrote along the same lines (America’s Roadside Bloomery) and set up a gallery for submissions. Didn’t get so many. If you send them along, I’ll add a [...]

By: Mike in Round Rock

Mike in Round Rock — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:09:00 +0000

I have several blurry photos taken from a car going 75mph which show the general color of a swath of wild flowers. While my wife and I have oft joked about writing a book called “Horticluture at Highway Speeds” illustrated with these blurry pics, yours is the first venue which has offered the actual opportunity to do so. I’m in.

By: bluemountainmama

bluemountainmama — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:16:00 +0000

FUN!!!!! count me in……

how many can we send, as the roadsides change thru the months…

By: jim

jim — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 21:23:00 +0000

Terrific idea! When the contest is over you should publish all of them on your site, by location, as a kind of travel guide to random wildflowers. Wisconsin has some of these. I’ll send some along.

jimf

By: jim

jim — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 21:22:00 +0000

Terrific idea! You should compile them on your site when the contest ends as a national wildflower or “scenic highway” travel guide. I’m in Wisconsin. Will send some in.

By: wavelength

wavelength — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 20:43:00 +0000

wouldn’t it be so much easier to just post them up on flickr?

By: jwill

jwill — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 18:36:00 +0000

This is a great idea. My mother, who loves flowers, will enjoy looking for some great shots.

By the way, as of 1:30 CST your link to the 800 pixel pic didn’t work. Or at least it didn’t for me.

By: rhhardin

rhhardin — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 17:57:00 +0000

I take my camera outside usually when my Doberman and I go out, so I have lots of Doberman pictures. After the death of Annie in April 2006, there were two months when I took weed pictures instead, in Central Ohio. These are here with identifications, and a few non-weed pics on the roadsides.

Take any of them you want.

Vicki arrived May 30, so that ended the weed expedition. You can find an Annie page and a Vicki page with a little investigation, if you prefer Dobermans to flowers.

Newcomb's Wildflower Guide is the best single source of identifications, by the way. He has a pretty good system of cataloging them, once they're in flower, and you can usually find what you're looking at very quickly.

By: jks305

jks305 — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 15:40:00 +0000

Along Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania is very fertile ground.

By: Radish

Radish — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 15:18:00 +0000

I love this idea. Is there a deadline?