{"id":16541,"date":"2019-11-14T10:25:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T14:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=16541"},"modified":"2019-11-14T10:28:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T14:28:45","slug":"tis-the-seedy-season-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=16541","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Tis the Seedy Season: Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_2796-2-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16542\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_2796-2-375x500.jpg 375w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_2796-2-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_2796-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_2796-2.jpg 866w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption>I wish I&#8217;d caught this plant in bloom. The seeds are interesting, but I bet the flowers were even more impressive. I&#8217;m tentatively identifying this plant as <em>Spiraea tomentosa<\/em> (a.k.a. steeplebush, hardhack), which would mean it&#8217;s technically a shrub. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildadirondacks.org\/adirondack-shrubs-steeplebush-spiraea-tomentosa.html\">This website (wildadirondacks.org)<\/a> has  a picture of steeplebush in bloom and explains the meaning behind the plant&#8217;s scientific and common names. I hope I remember to go back to this path during the summer to get pictures of the flowers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/seeds-goldenrod-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16531\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/seeds-goldenrod-500x375.jpg 500w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/seeds-goldenrod-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/seeds-goldenrod-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/seeds-goldenrod.jpg 1302w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>This is probably seeding goldenrod (the clustery type from <a href=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=16285\">this post)<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_2873-2-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16543\" width=\"499\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_2873-2-500x375.jpg 500w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_2873-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_2873-2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_2873-2.jpg 1458w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><figcaption>What&#8217;s this weird looking thing? Honestly, I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;d even have been able to make a guess if I hadn&#8217;t found it right next to a plant that still had its leaves (see next picture).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_2874-2-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16544\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_2874-2-375x500.jpg 375w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_2874-2-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_2874-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_2874-2.jpg 898w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption>Ah, yes. This looks like <a href=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=16139\">slender blush clover<\/a>. The landscape has changed a lot since October, when these pictures were taken. All the green showing in these pictures is probably long gone now.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3811-2-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16687\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3811-2-500x375.jpg 500w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3811-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3811-2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3811-2.jpg 896w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>This is how the meadows look now. The trees are nearly bare. The sun sets early. The wind feels colder by the day as it whisks away what&#8217;s left of the season&#8217;s seeds. Winter will be here soon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[588,100],"tags":[196,599,593],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16541"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16541"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16690,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16541\/revisions\/16690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}