Gnomie 🌼🌿

A long straight two lane road stretching out like a ribbon of asphalt over the mountain tops. There are tall trees on either side, blue mountains in the distance, and puffy clouds.

Mountain road near Thomas, WV. 💛🩵
#scenichighway #mountains
#photography #WestVirgina

Road trip! On our way to my happy place.
If you don't hear from me again, don't worry. Just know I'm probably off hugging a tree somewhere and there's no wifi. 😁🌿

Close up of a purple foxglove.

Hello guys! I hope you find a moment of peace today and something beautiful along the way! 🌿
#nature #flowers #bloomscrolling
#photography

Beautiful orange and purple sunset over Spruce Knob WV last July. Towering spruce trees and brush in the foreground give way to misty purple mountain tops.

Sunset over Spruce Knob, WV last July.
#WestVirginia #sunset
#landscape #mountainscape #prettysky
#photography

Lush green tree tops under a sunny blue sky and sig fluffy clouds. Text: Feeling optimistic today and looking forward to the weekend. How about you?

How's it going, guys?
I'm actually having a good day. Not just putting on a happy face to make you feel better, but I am feeling hopeful. The sun is shining, the sky is blue, it's not too hot, and I'm thinking about running away to the mountains. ☀️

YouTube video by Lord Huron Lord Huron - Long Lost (Official Lyric Video)

Itching to go to the mountains.

youtu.be/G2JmQ-j0jlc?...

Cross stitch work in progress. Three detailed blue flowers (bluebells?) on pale green Aida cloth.

Current cross stitch WIP. 🪡
#crossstitch #handmade #crafts
#hobbies

It's a grasshopper nymph perched on a blade of grass.

I spy with my little eye something green hidden in the grass.💚
#bugs #grasshopper #nature
#photography #macrophotography
#green

A tiny green froglet on a mint leaf

It's a little froglet! 🐸💚
(Gray treefrog)
#babyfrogs #frogs #nature #wildlife
#photography #macrophotography

Close-up detail of dew drops on green grass, glistening in the morning sun.

Dew drops. 🌿
#nature #photography
#macrophotography

A grassy path through the trees with a hint of sunset. Text: Come take a walk with me...

Come take a walk with me Along the grassy lane Under oak and pine tree As the evening does wane. We'll slowly make our way Along the sloping trail Where leaves and sticks do lay Now home to bugs and snails. We'll notice little things Hidden just over there As the whippoorwill sings And we breathe the earthy air. - by Gnomie

Reposting in case you missed it. I'm proud of this little poem. 😊🌿
#nature #poetry #peaceful

Two yellow wingstem flowers with text. "Good Morning, my friends! May your weather be fair and your day full of cheer!"

Good morning!

Happy for you. I have the itch to move, but our current dept/bills and nearly depleted savings creates a barrier. My husband says we should be paid off in 4-5 years, but those 40 acres with the 1870 farmhouse won't be for sale anymore.

Pay day gives false hope. At least the bills get paid 🤷‍♀️

A yellow mushroom (chanterelle?) growing on the forest floor.

A pretty yellow mushroom. 🍄🌿
#nature #fungi #fungifriends
#mushrooms #forest #photography

My heart says, "Yes!!"
My bank account says, "No! Absolutely not!"
😔

Blue sky with thin cottony clouds above tall trees, forest in the background.

Good morning and happy Tuesday from my home in West Virginia 💚

We'll slowly make our way
Along the sloping trail
Where leaves and sticks do lay
Now home to bugs and snails.

We'll notice little things
Hidden just over there
As the whippoorwill sings
And we breathe the earthy air.

- by Gnomie 🌿

A grassy path through the trees with a hint of sunset. Text: Come take a walk with me...

Come take a walk with me
Along the grassy lane
Under oak and pine tree
As the evening does wane...

(Verse 1 of 3)

Thank you! 💚

White Rose-of-Sharon hibiscus flower.

Good morning my friends! I hope Monday is kind. 💚

Close-up photo of a yellow foxtail stalk with a little bee at the bottom. Lawn out of focus in the background.

Yellow Foxtail with a little bee. 🌿
#nature #photography
#macrophotography
#light

A green and black cicada resting in the grass.

This guy right here, along with is friends, is responsible for that rattling noise in the trees during late summer.
Turns out he's a Swamp cicada or Morning cicada. He landed in my backyard this morning. (West Virginia)
#cicadas #bugs #nature #photography

A little orange and black butterfly resting in the grass.

Good morning! Here's a pretty little butterfly brighten your day. 🦋
#butterflies #nature #photography

Screen shot of google lens result for bluish green mushroom.

Possible ID according to Google.

A very tall very thick black oak tree at the edge of the forest.

A beautiful black oak tree we found on our nature walk today. 🌿
#oaktree #trees #forest #nature
#photography

This bluish green mushroom with a crackled surface, white stem, and white gills was growing under the oak tree near the picnic table.

Check out this blue green mushroom! 🍄🌿
#mushrooms #fungi #fungifriends
#nature #photography

Thank you. My brain was just being mean. Having a better day today. I got to drag my family on a nature walk.

A fuzzy caterpillar with tiny dewdrops clinging to his long white hairs. He in turn is clinging to a few covered blade of green grass.

This very fuzzy little caterpillar is wearing hundreds of tiny dewdrops.🌿 🐛

A green grasshopper nymph perched on a blade of grass.

It's a baby grasshopper. 🌿
#bugs #grasshopper #nature
#photography #macrophotography
#backyardfriends