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My back yard
I live on an island in SE Alaska where there's lots of rain. Although I love to garden, I also love the wildness of the forest and tend to focus on native perennials, letting things go a little wild. I feel like Mother Nature really does know best and that there's a cycle to all things. I love ferns, lichens, mosses, small wildflowers of the forest. Here's a shot out my office window.
 
 
Shooting Star, small, delicate woodland wildflower.
Smaller, more delicate native Columbine.
Domesticated Columbine
Fireweed against the backdrop of the pacific ocean.
Huckleberry right outside my back door. This bush is incredible. Every year, regardless of the weather, it is loaded.
Forest Lilly or also called Common Plantain. This is taken right outside my office. I love it.. The red is a dying tulip I planted in the fall. I...
An office with a view. I have a very tiny office, but with an incredible view.. Looking out on the Pacific Ocean on Mt. Edgecumbe Volcano.
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