Barbara B. Harrell

@bbharrell.bsky.social

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Organic gardener, nature lover, habitat restorer, night protector, cook, piano player, family historian, retired Ob-Gyn MD, proud mom and grandma, and a lot of other stuff

Ghost plant aka American Indian ghost pipe plant (Monotropa uniflora), amid blackberry seedlings. Not a fungus, but not a photosynthesizer either.
White pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) amid tangle of ocean spray (Holodiscus discolor), fireweed )Chamerion angustifolium), ferns, etc, backed by dark green conifers.
A sunny sky in Seattle in 2017, with a few puffs of white clouds. View east toward ship canal bridge that carries I-5 through the center of town, with the Montlake bridge visible beyond it. Many plants in ceramic pots (most acquired second hand from surrounding suburbs, some from a Queen Anne mansion) on wheeled saucers.
Sedum oreganum blooming in wide beige textured container. Pointy yellow petals on red stems with knobby red leaves, seeking sun above green base. 7-5-25
Tall Garry oaks with straight upright trunks and typical oak leaves, most of them still green. Garry oak can also spread wide and become quite gnarly, with twisted branches. Photo taken at Turtleback Mountain Preserve, Orcas Island, October 15, 2025.
12-point buck behind yellow-blooming potentilla/dasiphora fruticosa shrub, and in front of redtwig dogwood with shiny dark green veined leaves, intermixed with delicate, light green leaf clusters of vine maple.
Gray-green hummingbirds eyeing each other on gray hogwire fence against lush green background. Squares of wire fence are four by four inches, and the birds are considerably smaller. Red flowers at edge of photo.
Orange butterfly about three inches across, perched on deep purple lavender. Shadows of lavender stalks on sandy soil.