Native species of spring
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Starflower (Lysimachia borealis, which I learned as Trientalis borealis back in the day) and
American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) sketched from life, a rare event for a fidgety subject
Three days later
/Aquilegia sp.
Forsythia
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In the olive family; Sketched in Maine; not native to North America
Decades of jade
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Crassula ovata (native to Southeast Africa, Sketched in UPSTATE NEW YORK)
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According to my sister this is the same jade that was a tiny houseplant in my bedroom a couple of decades or so ago. (Now it’s practically a forest in her living room.)
