[at-l] Ready's Journal: June 22 Part 2 TD17

[infpeace@yahoo.com (Nina Baxley)]

> >For the past several days, we'd been seeing
> monotropa starting to pop 
> >through the ground.  <snip> Although these delicate
plants are
> called "Indian Pipes," I've 
> >always thought of them as "ghost flowers" due to
> their waxy, transluscent 
> >white appearance.

Oooh, "ghost flowers"! What a perfect description for
monotropa! MUCH better than "indian pipes"! I love it!

Waterfall
(in a poetic state of mind today)

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