Jim

@jgoved

Midwesterner. Proud Dad, lucky husband, retired teacher. [Woof] And Dog Dad. 5b/6a

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Jim@jgoved· 14d

Beautiful Yew bonsai from the recent Prairie State Bonsai show @mortonarboretum.bsky.social #bonsai

A Yew tree as a bonsai. The outline is triangular, with a bright white dead limb running up the center, contrasting with the rich brown colored live portion of the tree.

Jim@jgoved· 18d

Joe Pye Weed season many summers ago. Understory among oaks in a nearby preserve.

A forest understory full of Joe Pye Weed in bloom. A path winds through the mature oak trees

Jim@jgoved· 26d

Almost... 🌱🦋

An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, wings spread, partly visible against green foliage and pink phlox blooms. She moved too fast, and the photo ends partway along her left wing.

Jim@jgoved· 26d

Took awhile, but she finally paused long enough for a portrait. 🌱🦋 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.

An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly resting on a long arching blade of iris foliage. The foliage is arching downward to the right and the butterfly is sitting, wings folded closed, in the middle of the frame, casting a shadow on the green iris leaf. There is grass in the lower left corner, wood chip mulch in the upper right.

Jim@jgoved· Jul 7

Japanese Zelkova Elm @mortonarboretum.bsky.social #thicktrunktuesday

A thick tree trunk, with exfoliating bark and a canopy of leaves, backlit by the morning sun.

Jim@jgoved· Jul 6

A bee visiting the blooms of "Mouse Ears" hosta.🌱

A bee is poised to enter a small hosta flower. Trumpet-shaped white blooms streaked with lavender fill the upper right corner. The lower left part of the frame is all green foliage.

Jim@jgoved· Jun 21

The unusual design works in person, but perhaps the aesthetics perhaps don't photograph well. The long, arching top, so far toward the viewer, really got me thinking about stretching the bounds with design choices. 🌳#bonsai

A view of the same Japanese maple bonsai, from underneath, with the foliage silhouetted against a gray, cloudy sky.

Jim@jgoved· Jun 21

Japanese Cutleaf Maple Bonsai, Chicago Botanic Garden. 🌳 #bonsai

A Japanese maple bonsai, 30 inches tall, with delicate, cutleaf-type, dark red leaves. It is in a pale yellow, round bonsai pot, with a frosted glass screen behind and a blue sky and white clouds above.

Jim@jgoved· Jun 17

Clematis "Henryi." Huge, 7-8" blooms holding up well through recent storms.🌱

A large, white clematis bloom fills most of the frame, with green foliage in the background.

Jim@jgoved· Jun 6

Mountain laurel in full bloom.🌱

A lush, green mountain laurel with showy clusters of pink and white flowers.

Jim@jgoved· May 26

#thicktrunktuesday

A close-up of a large, old oak tree in a grassy field. The trunk and thick limbs fill most of the frame. One huge branch in the background reaches down to the ground.

Jim@jgoved· May 23

Mountain Laurel "Olympic Fire" getting ready. 🌱

A lush, green mountain laurel with clusters of cherry red flower buds. Celandine poppy foliage fills the bottom of the frame.

Jim@jgoved· May 20

Great Waterleaf @mortonarboretum.bsky.social east woods this morning. 🌱#nativeplants 🌿

A forest floor covered with green foliage and pale blue-white flowers. The background has slender tree trunks and the green canopy of the trees.

Jim@jgoved· May 17

Satsuki Azalea #bonsai at The Chicago Botanic Garden 🌳🌱

An azalea bonsai with pink blooms and a slightly bending, gnarled trunk. The branches extend outwards in a layered effect.

Jim@jgoved· Apr 29

New leaves of Virginia Creeper on spruce. April 2024 @mortonarboretum.bsky.social 🌿🌳 #spring

Looking skyward among tall spruce trees, trunks bare as utility poles, treetops all converging at the top of the frame. One tree has fallen onto another, angled across the picture. There is a light green glow of new vine leaves climbing the slope of the fallen tree, in contrast with the gray sky and shadowy treetops.

Jim@jgoved· Apr 22

Tiny oak leaves and catkins 🌳 @mortonarboretum.bsky.social

Tiny, pale-green oak leaves, backlit by the morning sun, sprouting from the tip of a branch, with beard-like catkins dangling below. There are blurred branches of the tree in the background, against a clear blue sky.

Jim@jgoved· Apr 14

A white oak surrounded by Spring Beauties. 🌱 #nativeplants #thicktrunktuesday

The base and trunk of a large white oak in a green lawn, with Spring Beauty wildflowers surrounding the flared base of the tree.

Jim@jgoved· Apr 13

Spring Beauties in a bit of concrete. 🌱 #nativeplants @mortonarboretum.bsky.social

Spring Beauty wildflowers growing in concrete at the base of a park bench.

Jim@jgoved· Apr 9

Pennsylvania Sedge blooming amid new leaves of waldsteinia (barren strawberry). It's been rewarding adding native sedges to the garden. 🌱 #nativeplants

Creamy plumes and brown spikes of flowering Pennsylvania Sedge, among leaves of barren strawberry. A jumble of new spring growth emerging from the slender, tan, dead sedge leaves of last year. There are bright blue flowers blurred in the background.

Jim@jgoved· Apr 8

At last 🎶🌱

Large yellow daffodil blooms atop green stems and leaves lit by brilliant afternoon sunshine.

Jim@jgoved· Mar 30

Warm and sunny day before a rainy stretch.🌱

Small, bright blue squill flowers surrounding tall, yellow daffodils. The yellow flowers are brilliantly lit with late afternoon sunshine. There are ribbons of green foliage poking out from the leaf litter.

Jim@jgoved· Feb 22

American Larch bonsai. Prairie State Bonsai Silhouette Show @mortonarboretum.bsky.social Exhibitor: Victor Z. #bonsai

A Larch bonsai tree with bare branches in silhouette against a white background. It has a thick trunk with rough bark surrounded by green moss. The outline of the branches forms a scalene triangle. There is a dead portion of the trunk artistically preserved for beauty and character.

Jim@jgoved· Jan 13

Thiss morning @mortonarboretum.bsky.social #thicktrunktuesday

A stout maple on water's edge, with a solid nebari of surface roots radiating outwards. The trunk has many twisted limbs, and the background has a glimmer of early morning light through gray clouds.

Jim@jgoved· Jan 6

Morning light in the woods. 🌱🌳 @mortonarboretum.bsky.social

A woodland path winding through tall spruce trees. The tree trunks rise like straight columns with no branches until the upper reaches. The greenery of distant trees is visible in the background, as morning sunlight slants through the forest.

Jim@jgoved· Dec 23

#thicktrunktuesday

A gnarly old oak, bare in winter, in a fen, against a blue sky.

Jim@jgoved· Nov 4

The same tree on the same day a few years ago.

The same tree as the previous post, but with most of the leaves gone, revealing its uneven shape and long branches with many turns and bends.

Jim@jgoved· Nov 4

A gnarly white oak In full red autumnal colors With a shadow-black trunk On a sun-drenched, blue sky Sunday. For #thicktrunktuesday @mortonarboretum.bsky.social 🌳

A large, spreading oak tree in a sunny, grassy field, with branches covered in deep red-colored leaves. The right side of the tree has branches reaching to the ground and out of the frame. The trunk is in dark shadow, and the left side of the crown is bare. There are distant woods in the background against a blue sky, with a few wispy clouds.

Jim@jgoved· Nov 1

Flashback to Nov 1 2022 at The Morton Arboretum🌳

A road disappearing into a misty woodland, with early morning sunbeams slanting through the trees. The trees have turned russet and gold, and the road and ground are littered with fallen, golden leaves.

Jim@jgoved· Oct 29

Afew blooms still linger. 🌱 #rosewednesday

A close-up of a red rose bloom. There is green foliage in the foreground. In the background, the limbs of a large, white birch tree reach toward the blue sky.

Jim@jgoved· Oct 26

First blush of color on maples in the East Woods at The Morton Arboretum 🌱🌳