Well, if you successfully save Ackerman Woods from the chain saws and back-hoes, then it looks as if you all will need to get out there and save it from the garlic mustard!

At first I thought it was a trillium - but, then I didn't! I'll have to look into that after the yard gets mowed.

Nice pix, regardless!!

Definitely looks like some type of orchid to my unexpert eyes.

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Originally posted by Dinsdale:
Definitely looks like some type of orchid to my unexpert eyes.

Which makes me think it is a iris relative. Without the leaves in sharper focus and idea of the size, it is hard for me to tell.

Blue Echoes - does dwarf crested iris sound familiar?

maybe. that thing was only about 4 inches tall.

Okay, it has been half a day. I threw in 1 photo in there that I normally would not have and I thought maybe someone would pick up on it. Only 2 people out of a 100 or so people that have viewed the gallery figured out. It is year 2 of me doing this as a side business and I wanted to go in a completely different direction than year one. I want to do more bizarre, strange, painful, artsy, and all together different types of photography than what I did before. Even though this was a nature photography subject, I am always looking for the bizzare. I love the photography of Cindy Sherman, and I find that I really like to do stuff the way she shoots, except I do not want to be the model for it. So I made it a point to go out there and take one shot in the style of a Cindy Sherman's "person in distress" thing but only with a tree instead of a human being. I saw this shot in the field and said "PAIN! Excellent!"

Now that I have said this, that shot will be clearly evident and you will thing I do have a warped mind. One of the two that got it asked a specific question about the shot, and I said, yes, naked.

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Originally posted by BlueEchoes:

Now that I have said this, that shot will be clearly evident and you will thing I do have a warped mind. One of the two that got it asked a specific question about the shot, and I said, yes, naked.

Just looked through them again, and I have no idea what you are talking about.

damn, guess I didn't do a good enough job, or there are no Cindy Sherman fans out there. Especially Cindy Sherman in the early 90's.

Oh - It's tiny, then my best guess is a violet. Look at one very closely. They're much prettier than I thought!

I don't really have an opinion on Ackerman Woods, but I just want to say that I hate garlic mustard (a weed whose name I did not know until this morning)! I have been trying to rid my yard of it since we moved here in 2005.

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Originally posted by GEmom2:
Oh - It's tiny, then my best guess is a violet. Look at one very closely. They're much prettier than I thought!

I will dig out my wild flower book tomorrow and see what I can find. I have seen it before at the Arboretum but I can't remember the name. It is an early spring wildflower, native to this area and could be any one of several. Give me a day or two to research it.

Probably Northern White Violet. Hard to tell without the leaf.
Almost all the other ground cover is garlic mustard.

Northern White Violet

Biostitute and Mom2 win!

Hooray! Once I knew the scale, I realized it wasn't quite so exotic as I'd hoped.

Yesterday I spotted white violets in a neighbor's yard, picked a few, brought them in and compared the flower to Blue Echoe's image 7. Very scientific.

The garlic mustard is pretty rampant at AW - it is even the plant growing in the rusted barrel. Aggressive and invasive!!

I walked through last night, and the GM was about 2 inches higher than when I was there Saturday. It is everywhere. It is amazing that there is anything else growing in there on the floor. This place needs a burn BAD.

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Originally posted by Yossarian:
"President Vicky Hase said previous village boards started the project, and the current board has arrived late in the process.
While many residents are concerned about the trees, Hase said one of the village's main goals is to revitalize Stacy Corner and keep property taxes low."

AAhh, the "not my responsibility" defense, the sign of a true leader.

You want to revitalize Stacy's Corner? How about starting with that eyesore on the SE corner.

Revitalize?? Are they joking? Aren't they shutting down some business for this museum campus nobody wants? Sounds like another city leader in a city a bit east of here...

New topic on its way....

New from Hasbro, the Glen Ellyn village President Excuse magic 8 Ball! Give it a shake and get the next excuse why the town cannot get anything done right!

LOL!!

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Originally posted by BlueEchoes:
New from Hasbro, the Glen Ellyn village President Excuse magic 8 Ball! Give it a shake and get the next excuse why the town cannot get anything done right!

LMAO, that's awesome!

Brilliant Blue Echoes

Very good - at least you have a better grasp of your audience's aesthetic today.

What was I missing in the "Pain at Ackerman Woods" image. Give a little hint, please.