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| If it's September, it's time to visit the New Jersey Pine Barrens to look for the rare and lovely pine barrens gentian flower, Gentiana autumnalis. Behold a beauty from last year. |
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| I went for a long walk in the fine fall like weather this week and I found some. They were just beginning to open. |
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| Not a problem because I am also a big fan of the buds. They remind me of Tiffany vases. Here is a rare pink one. Click to enlarge. |
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| This one is on the verge of opening. |
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| Opening even more. |
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| And here is the most open gentian I found. Very promising, right? |
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| Before long they will be open in all their glory like this one that I photographed in a past year. I hope to get out there again in time to witness it. |
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| Meanwhile, here is a quote that I see myself in from Given Poems, Sabbath II, Wendell Berry. You could too. |
"I dream of a quiet man
who explains nothing and defends
nothing, but only knows
where the rarest wildflowers
are blooming, and who goes,
and finds that he is smiling
not of his own will."
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