Hobblebush

Viburnum lantanoides

Native species of spring

Starflower (Lysimachia borealis, which I learned as
Trientalis borealis back in the day)

American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) sketched from life,
a rare event for a fidgety subject

Three days later

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Aquilegia sp.

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Forsythia

In the olive family; Sketched in Maine; not native to North America

Decades of jade

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.)