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Pretty in Yellow

MM03 - Excuse Me. I Live Here.

[From my Picasa Web Album: Beach Walk at Sunrise]



“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul,
and paints his own nature into his pictures.”
~Henry Ward Beecher

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Macro Monday #2 - Mint, Anyone?

Known commonly as spotted beebalm, spotted horsemint, or simply horsmint¹, this wild plant is not so pretty to look at from a distance. It grows in ho-hum places like the side of the road, where it's easily mistaken for an uninteresting flowery weed. Close up, it proves to be an intriguing vision of shapes, color, and texture—and it's a medicinal herb to boot.

Native Americans made a tea from the leaves of spotted horsemint to treat flu, colds and fever. It increases sweating. Essential oils from horsemint are high in thymol, which is an effective fungicide and bactericide and also used to expel hookworms. Today thymol is manufactured synthetically.²

I don't know why it's called horsemint, though. :?:

Taken in Boyd Hill Nature Preserve in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Sources:

• ¹ Wildflower Center
• ² Floridata

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~Carrie Latet

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Macro Monday #1 - Oopsy Daisy

Welcome to my first Macro Monday post!

No, it's not Oopsy Daisy; it's Sea Oxeye Daisy. :D  Taken at Solider's Hole Nature Trail at Fort de Soto Park in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Sea Oxeye Daisy is a common plant along the trail. This plant flowers most prominently from March to August, however, it is not unusual to find some blooms at almost anytime of the year.

I took this shot last May.



“A photograph is memory in the raw.”
~Carrie Latet

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