My favorite time to take a hike at Fort Hill is early in the morning before anyone else gets there. This morning was just beautiful on the trail. Look at those clouds…
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Climbing Nightshade Wildflowers Are Blooming On Cape Cod.
The Climbing Nightshade wildflowers are blooming all along the trails on Cape Cod. I saw these at Fort Hill, along many of the trails.
Climbing Nightshade wildflowers are a climbing vine with 1/2″ violet flowers swept back from a yellow central “beak” in loose clusters. It forms egg-shaped shiny green berries which turn to bright red in late summer.
Such a pretty little wildflower but beware: The berries are poisonous!
Gorgeous Scarlet Pimpernel Wildflower At Fort Hill On Cape Cod!
If you’re not looking at the ground while you walk by these little beauties on the side of the road, you will probably miss them as they are only about 10-12mm across. I saw them a couple of years ago in the same place, but missed them last year.
So, it was a big treat to see them again. They are just stunning with their bright orange petals and purple center and bright yellow anthers. Have you ever seen a Scarlet Pimpernel wildflower?
Cool Dragonfly On The Trail On Cape Cod.
This Dragonfly kept flying all around us the other day on the Red Maple Swamp Trail boardwalk at Fort Hill. It was fun to get so many different poses. What do you think? (Click on blog link for lots more photos.)
Love the eyes and the different faces!
Gorgeous View Over Nauset Marsh On Cape Cod.
This was such a gorgeous view from Fort Hill overlooking Nauset Marsh with all of the flowers blooming in the meadows.
It doesn’t get much prettier, do you think?
The Beautiful Monarch Butterflies Are Back On Cape Cod!
The colorful, black and orange Monarch butterflies are back on Cape Cod. We’ve seen quite a few of them at Fort Hill feeding on the Milkweed.
Gorgeous butterfly, don’t you think? Have you seen a Monarch butterfly this summer?