Marsh with wild phlox. Photo © Dogwood Ridge. The twists and turns of the Big Spring are a water-life paradise. Flowing, rippling watercress and waving mosses grow in the waters. The clear...
Wildflowers
Acquiring Photographic Inspiration: Focus Illustrated and Favorite Focus, September 2022
From the Editor’s Quill, August 2022: Contests
This issue was fun to compile, but a lot of work. Three contests finished May 31, and reviewing the submissions took a lot of time. These pages are full, yet we still have more of your stories to...
You Can Draw a Showy Lady’s Slipper
Wildflower Arranging
Fireweed in Rocky Mountains. Photo © Dogwood Ridge. The scenarios are endless. A slope covered with goldenrod and daisies…the first autumn olives opening…a dogwood in full bloom…a facet of my brain...
Favorite Focus, July 2022
Let’s Take a Hike: Peach Blossoms
Peach blossoms. Photo © Rodney Peifer.
Let’s Take a Hike: Trout Lily
Trout lily and spring beauties. Photo © Sam Cox, 15.
Focus Illustrated and Favorite Focus, April 2022
Once Upon a Wildflower Walk
Photo © Dreamstime.com. “Look, Mary Ella, another contest!” my brother announced. I hurried over to the sofa where he was poring over the pages of the latest Nature Friend.“Wildflower ‘Learning by...
Creation Close-ups, April 2022: Painted Trillium
Dandiest Lion of Spring
Photo © Dreamstime.com. Another school day was over. Eager students burst from the schoolhouse doors and headed for the road toward home.Danny waved and watched them leave for a minute before...
A Few Flowers
August 2021, From the Editor’s Quill: Wildflower Adventures
Wildflower adventures—some of you certainly took them. By absorbing nature—the birds, the flowers, the butterflies, the turtles, the snakes—with your family and friends, your lives were enriched....
