Fringe Festival
White Fringe Tree (aka Grancy Gray Beard)
Chionanthus virginicus
#nativeplants #southernappalachia #glassymountainpreserve
Day of the Locust
Black Locust
Robinia pseudoacacia
#nativeplants #southernappalachia #clemsonexperimentalforest #dayofthelocust #Robiniapseudoacacia
Heartleaf Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia) with a Mayapple leaf backdrop.
#nativeplants #southernappalachia
Carolina Silverbells
Halesia carolina
#nativeplants #southernappalachia #silverbells #heaveninawildflower
First blossom pop of Mountain Laurel
(Kalmia Latifolia) after a light rain.
#nativeplants #southernappalachia #mountainlaurel
Pinxter (Pink Azalea)
Rhododendron periclymenoides
#nativeplants #southernappalachia #azalea #rhododendron #thinkpink
Dwarf pawpaw flower and new leaf growth.
Dwarf Pawpaw
Asimina parviflora
#nativeplants #southernappalachia #pawpaw
Trillium sp. nov. 'Jones Gap'
#nativeplants #southernappalachia #jonesgapstatepark #trillium
Black cherry
Prunus serotina
#nativeplants #southernappalachia #treetuesday
Southeastern Blueberry Bee (Habropoda laboriosa) buzzing towards some blueberry flowers.
Southeastern Blueberry Bee (Habropoda laboriosa) reporting for duty.
#nativeplants #southernappalachia #pollinators #vaccinium
Red chokeberry
Aronia arbutifolia
#nativeplants #southernappalachia #blueridgeescarpment #bluewall
What is Southern Appalachian fly fishing? Find some answers in my book Tight Lines and Tall Tales: Stories of Southern Appalachian Fly Fishing. Preorder from UNC press or Amazon @uncpress.bsky.social #southernappalachia #flyfishing #flytying #appalachia
Look both ways
#birds
#southernappalachia
#birdcam
Purple morning glory background and the following text: Early Praise for GODFESTATION by JENDIA GAMMON "Appalachian Gothic meets organic horror in this atmospheric, claustrophobic tale. Creepy and lingering like poison ivy." - David Quantick, Emmy Award winning writer for VEEP and author of And Other Stories August 2026 via Sley House Publishing Preorders Forthcoming
Here's a lovely new blurb for my Aug. 2026 Appalachian weird horror novella, GODFESTATION, from Emmy Award winning writer @quantick.bsky.social!
#horror #books #Appalachia #southernfiction #southernappalachia
The Carolina chickadee has distinctive #black markings.
#birds
#northwestgeorgia
#southernappalachia
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All my cardinals looking shaggy - it’s molt time, baby!
#birdcam
#birdsofbluesky
#birds
#southernappalachia
Carolina chickadee this morning
#birds
#southernappalachia
#birdcam
Orange southern Appalachian backdrop and the advance review copy temp cover for GODFESTATION by Jendia Gammon.
Orange southern Appalachian backdrop and words: Godfestation by Jendia Gammon An Appalachian Weird Horror Novella August 2026 Via Sley House Publishing.
Orange southern Appalachian backdrop and the first page of the table of contents for the book GODFESTATION by Jendia Gammon.
Orange southern Appalachian backdrop and the second page of the table of contents for the book GODFESTATION by Jendia Gammon.
A hint of what’s to come. GODFESTATION is my Appalachian weird horror novella out in August 2026 via
@sleyhouseeditor.bsky.social. I now have a review copy! Take a look at the table of contents. Grief can be terrifying.
#books #appalachia #weird #horror #folklore #southern #SouthernAppalachia
Pinesap stem and flowers backlit against leaf litter.
Pinesap
Monotropa hypopitys
#nativeplants #southernappalachia #pinesap
A row of Wild Potato Vine flowers. They certainly can cancan.
Wild Potato Vine
Ipomoea pandurata
#nativeplants #southernappalachia #prettymaidsallinarow
Chantarelle mushroom pushing its way through the leaf litter (and toward my mouth)
#mushroommonday
Chanterelle mushroom
Cantharellus appalachiensis
#southernappalachia #foraging #fungusamongus
Wild Potato Vine flower above its heart-shaped leaves.
Wild Potato Vine
Ipomoea pandurata
#nativeplants #southernappalachia
A male mosquito making its rounds on a Forest Tickseed flower.
Woodland Tickseed
Coreopsis major
#nativeplants #southernappalachia #tickseedtuesday
Orange Spindle Coral fungus emerging through a layer of leaf litter.
Orange Spindle Coral
Clavulinopsis aurantiocinnabarina
#southernappalachia #fungusamongus #mushroommonday
Starry Campion flowers backlit by morning sun.
Day 2
Starry Campion
AKA Whorled Catchfly
Silene stellata
#nativeplants #southernappalachia
Starry Campion, still wet from the morning rain.
#SileneSunday
Starry Campion
AKA Whorled Catchfly
Silene stellata
#nativeplants #southernappalachia
A Luna Moth sheltering under a rhododendron leaf while a few lingering raindrops clear.
Luna moth
Actias luna
#anothergreenworld #lunamoth #southernappalachia
Redring milkweed
Asclepias variegata
#nativeplants #southernappalachia