Marilynne's Wetlands and Other Stuff

[donaldjledet]

Very nice Marilynne,

Keep up the good work.

 

[Marilynne]

Thanks Donald.

 

[Marilynne]

Forgot to mention this on Wednesday - we had our first REAL sign of Spring - car carriers heading north!!! Yay!!!!

 

[Roy1961]

soon you will be all alone.......

 

[Marilynne]

Unfortunately, more folks are moving to FL permanently Roy. They're finding it harder to keep up two homes.

 

[Marilynne]

We went to Virginia this weekend for my younger brothers memorial service. Didn't take many photos over the weekend.

This is the jet along I-95 in GA at the Mighty 8th Air Force (Home @ the Mighty Eighth). Chris slowed down a tad in the right lane, but a big yellow truck was on the on ramp and blocked my view.

 

[Marilynne]

At a rest stop in SC - I think I took photos of this same pavilion last year

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[Marilynne]

Guess this doesn't fly since they're shipping it by truck

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[Marilynne]

At another rest stop in SC we saw these trees.

Close up of the flower

Close up of the leaf, well, as close as I could get being short

This custodian of the rest stop told us he thought they were dogwood trees.

Any one in the Carolina's think different? They were all over South and North Carolina.

 

[Marilynne]

Same rest stop as post #3369

Spring in South Carolina

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Bet this tree looks spooky at night

At the end of its cycle

 

[Deezey]

Looks more like a pear tree to me.

Nice portrait too!!

 

[Marilynne]

Thanks Doug.

I don't think it's pear. The custodian would have known if the tree had fruit.

 

[Marilynne]

South of the Border at 70 miles per hour through window

Fuzzy stuff at bottom is door/window.

 

[Marilynne]

Rest area in North Carolina

Robin - he let me get fairly close before taking off

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[Marilynne]

Along the road in North Carolina - through the window at 70 mph

Tower - stayed in Lumberton last year. Nice place for a stop over.

More of the trees

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Some advertising

 

[weebee]

Yup, that's Cottonwood. And the fuzz from those trees are a pain in the butt if you have central air and, or, a swimming pool.

 

[Marilynne]

Thanks for the id Steve. It looked like it was snowing with the wind blowing.

 

[Marilynne]

Last rest stop in NC.

This is puppy is 8 weeks old.

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If puppies wore horseshoes, this would have fit her.

Drainage

No explanation about these rocks.

Water Fountain

 

[Roy1961]

i was confused there for a mo Marilynne, you are crossing thru NC and SC then i see the south of the border sign, wheres Mexico......

your blossom pics are kinda like ones we have here, no idea what they are called, i have a few in my thread somewhere

 

[Marilynne]

Roy, South of the Border (South Of The Border ~ America?s Favorite Highway Oasis) is in South Carolina, just south of the North Carolina border.

Weebee (Steve) said those white flowered trees are Cottonwood. It looked like it was snowing with all the petals blowing around in the wind. Just searched for cottonwood and none of the flowers match my photo, so I'm back to dogwood (North Carolina State Flower - Dogwood).