S. M. Garver - New Photos Added to the Web Site

The below photos were added to their respective sections of the website in October 2023. I assembled them here so you didn't have to hunt for photos scattered on multiple pages.

- - - - - - Jacksonville, Florida - - - - - - -

Date palm flowers and the subsequent "leaves" produced (September 18 and 26, 2023)
[Two photos spliced together. On the left is a front view of the cream-colored blooming strands. On the right is the same branch eight days later and each strand is now thin and light green as if it is the start of new palm leaves. ]

Purple flowers with their orange-yellow seeds/fruits (September 18, 2023)
[A close view of both the five petal flowers with white edges on its purple petals and the small tomato-sized light orange globes attached to different parts of the same plant.]

Impressively long stamen on this flower (October 2, 2023)
[Poking through a chain-link fence is a flower which appears to have many red blooms in a sphere facing outward from the center. The stamen from each bloom are at least three inches long. This bloom is above the bottom wooden rail, so it is free to be spherical through the openings in the fence. ]

Here are more blooms of the same type of plant. (October 2, 2023)
[Two of these red blooms are coming from below the wooden bar while one is barely above it poking through the chain link fence. This view is further from the blooms than the prior one so only the stamen of the nearest plant are visible.]

I believe this is possibly a magnolia variant. (October 16, 2023)
[Longer thin dark green leaves provide a backdrop for small white flowers at the end of brown branched stems.]

Goldenrod swaying in the breeze. (October 21, 2023)
[This image is the tops of several plants. The green stems branch in many directions at the top and contain a multitude of yellow flowers.]

A good view of the leaves of a hairy indigo plant (October 21, 2023)
[A thicker stem with multiple branches which each have five leaves growing from them in a two pairs growing opposite each other with the fifth oval leaf at the end. At the end of one branch instead of leaves is the flower bloom.]

Two different stages of the seed pods of the Rattlebox plant (October 21, 2023)
[Two photos spliced together. On the left are a multitude of flat yellow-green pods hanging from a branch. It appears there will be seeds on each half of the pod. On the right are brown dried-looking pods which have bulges from the seeds.]

I think these may just be seed pods which have just not yet opened, but I don't know for sure because I have not yet identified the plant. (October 20, 2023)
[The all-white spheres appear to be in groups of our at the end of small branches coming from a main branch. There is a reddish-brown center to each foursome. ]

The fruits of a palm tree hanging from two different trees (October 21, 2023)
[Two photos spliced together.Both images have palm fronds hanging down and on the outer edge is grouping of light brown berries that are like a cloud hanging down from the tree. The photo on the left is a thicker

The black and yellow garden spider makes a 'zipper-looking' zig-zag on its web. Notice the zigzag of the web across the butterfly.
[This spiker has an orange/red patch on its back end, but the rest of the body is black and yellow with the stripes on the legs. The spider is near the orange butterfly partially encapsulated in the web. There are some black bugs crawling across the butterfly.]

A close view of a great blue heron with its tongue visible
[Side view of the head of a heron facing left with its bill open and the pink tongue elevated above the lower bill. The tongue extends a little more than half the length of the bill. Top bill is mostly blue while the lower bill is yellow.]

A fly and an ant on some hairy peas
[Two hair pea pods hang from a stem. A fly with its large dark eyes and outstretched wings is atop the one pea. A black and brown ant is crawling midway down the other pea.]

- - - - - Virginia rest stop on Interstate 77 - - - - - - - -

October 4, 2023

Interesting bloom on this plant
[A tall red plant with red stems and leaves has a cylindrical bloom with thick spikes of red with green nubs. The spikes maybe tiny flowers bunched together, but the green nubs are like flecks of green in a sea of red.]

- - - - - Route 19 Scenic View, West Virginia - - - - - - - -

October 4, 2023

Looking toward the east from the scenic view parking lot.
[The image is a hillside full of trees with some blue sky and white clouds at the top. Most of the trees are still green, but there are some sections which are dark red or orange-red.]

A grasshopped at the edge of the scenic view parking lot
[The brown grasshopper is in the large gravel at the edge of the parking lot.]

- - - - - New River Gorge, West Virginia - - - - - - - -

October 4, 2023

In between my prior visit and this one, the bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
[The sign has a blue background and the letters and outer edge are a light metal color. The sign reads,

Two views of the bridge at different elevations on the hillside

This photo and the next two are zooming down to a closer view of the New River.
[The river cuts through the valley coming around the bend to a straighter section with has a bridge just above the water level. The hillsides are completely filled with trees except for a section on the right side of the river which is open for the road alongside the river. This view is high enough that not all of the river is visible and just the top of the bridge can be seen.]

The open area on the right side of the river is the road at that level.
[The river cuts through the valley coming around the bend to a straighter section with has a bridge just above the water level. The hillsides are completely filled with trees except for a section on the right side of the river which is open for the road alongside the river.]

These are the rapids just at the far bend of the river as it comes into view in the prior images. The road on the right side is visible.
[At the far end of the photo the river comes around the bend and into view in a straight section down the image. There are rocks along the edge of the river and two sections have whitewater. On the right of the river is a section of trees then a paved roadway and then more trees. The left hillside is all trees.]

Asters along the stairs to the viewing platforms for the bridge
[On thin green stalks are flowers with approximately 15 thin white petals and a small nubby yellow center.]

Flox in the gardens near the visitor center building
[Multiple spheres of light pink/purple flowers extend from thin stems. Each flower has five flat petals with a center depression of the same color.]

A bee feasting on a bloom.
[A close side view of black and yellow bee with black wings and antenna attached to the side of a plant with small tubular purple blooms at its top. The bee is grasping the blooms.]

Milkweed pods
[Vertical stalks from three different plants are visible. Each stalk has several green teardrop-shaped pods with white pricklies on them.]

Opened milkweed pods exibiting floss and seeds.
[Two photos spliced together. Each has several completely closed dark brown teardrop-shaped pods and at least one open pod showing the white cottony-looking center with the embedded small dark seeds.]

- - - - - Greene County, Pennsylvania rest stop on Interstate 79 - - - - - - - -

October 5, 2023

Tree with leaves changing color
[Tree with leaves of green, brown, red and yellowish amid a neatly mowed grassy area beside the parking lot.]

Multicolored bush outside the visitor center
[This untrimmed bush is approximately four and half foot wide and aproximately that tall. Leaves on the branches are green, yellow, red, orange, and purple. The green is on the top and outward edges while the reset of the colors are closer to the ground or inward part of the bush.]

Close view of the berries in the bush in the prior image
[A close view of one section of the bush in the prior photo showing its round leaves of varying colors and the red berries along a branch.]

There were many of these red-topped bushes at this rest stop.
[This bush is much wider at the top than at its base. The outermost leaves at the top are bright red while the rest are green.]

- - - - - Car and Carriage Museum at The Frick Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - - - - - - - -

October 7, 2023

1897 Spider Phaeton was made in Pittsburgh by Glesenkamp & Son. These were generally drawn by ponies four foot nine inches to five foot tall. This one was given to Helen Clay Frick at the age of nine.
[This phaeton is a two-seater carriage with black wheels and the front ones are smaller than the rear ones. The inners are tan tuffed cushions. The front and sides appear to be black metal.]

1911 Penn Touring 30 was made in Pittsburgh by the Penn Motor Car Company on Thomas Boulevard and had 30 horsepower. The cost was $1075. This one was a gift of the estate of G. Whitney Snyder.
[Side view of the car with a black roof and open on the front and both sides. There are no front doors, but there are doors for the rear seat. The wooden spoke wheels have white-walled tires. The column for the steering wheel is very long to reach the high seat of the driver.]

Front view of the 1911 Penn Touring 30
[There appears to be a hand crank at the front. There are two brass-rimmed headlight. The engine has a black front and the scripted word Penn in brass along one side. The windshield covers the lower half of the front opening of the vehicle and it is likely the driver would not be protected much by it because it barely seems to clear the steering wheel.]

1940 American Bantam Model 65 Convertible Coupe made by American Austin Car Company in Butler, Pennsylvania. This was priced at $525 and had roll up windows. Gift of G. Whitney Snyder.
[Two photos spliced together. The image on the right is a close view of the shiny mirrored hubcap with the word Bantram on it in red. The image on the left is the blue two-door car with the top completely down and the spare whell on the back.]

Front view of a 1940 Cadillac Sixty Special sedan with the flying lady goddess on the hood
[The car is black with a silver grill. Just above the grill is the word CADILLAC in individual sliver letters. The mostly red and white Cadillac crest and badge emblem is just above that. On the top of the hood is a silver flying lady hood goddess.]

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