May 28, 2014. The Colors and Sights of Door County. The tulips you will recognize. The Trillium grandiflorum may be as strange to you as it was to me. According to Wikipedia, tres is Latin for three and lilium is Latin for lily. Grandiflorum means large-flowered, hence the Trillium grandiflorum is a large, three-pedaled wildflower. It is found in wooded areas and is said to be a harbinger of spring. Obviously, the pedals are white so it is a three-pedaled white wildflower found in densely wooded areas of the central and eastern United States. It is the official Ohio wildflower. Don't let me hear you say that you never learn anything reading this blog.
Tree stumps and tree trunks resemble a baby dinosaur that backed into a hot wood stove and Homer Simpson. Moss covered roofs abound along with quaint dwellings made of logs and stone. By the way, put one of those quaint dwellings on a waterfront lot and the seller will ask two million dollars for it. Proud they are of their waterfront lots.
These are the colors and sights of Door County. There are more. I will show you those in the days ahead.
3 comments:
Good to have ya back, Malachi!
Glad you see that you are back on the road. Hope the toe gets better. We love Door County; wish we were there. I know some people that could show you some barns with LOTS of cows. Stop by Neillsville.
Miles says that the tree stump looks like a kangaroo!
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