{"id":284,"date":"2010-05-03T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=284"},"modified":"2016-05-01T17:58:45","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T21:58:45","slug":"side-of-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=284","title":{"rendered":"Side of the road"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>You wait in the car on the side of the road
\nLemme go and stand awhile
\nI wanna know you’re there, but I wanna be alone
\nIf only for a minute or two
\nI wanna see what it feels like to be without you<\/i><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I wanna know the touch of my own skin
\nAgainst the sun, against the wind
\nIf I stray away too far from you, don’t go and try to find me
\nIt doesn’t mean I don’t love you, it doesn’t mean I won’t come back and stay beside you<\/i><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>It only means I need a little time
\nTo follow that unbroken line
\nTo a place where the wild things grow
\nTo a place where I used to always go<\/i><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>If only for a minute or two
\nI wanna see what it feels like to be without you
\nI wanna know the touch of my own skin
\nAgainst the sun, against the wind.<\/i><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A thousand miles there and back to spend a day with friends, old and new, gathered for the New River Birding and Nature Festival<\/a> might seem crazy to some…<\/p>\n

In fact, probably it was crazy to do, but the singing birds, the people, the chance to wander alone looking for wildflowers in those riotously rich West Virginia mountains … it’s all kinda irresistible to me.<\/p>\n

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Lyrics from “Side of the Road”<\/i> by Lucinda Williams.<\/p>\n

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Photos:<\/p>\n

(1) Windflower (Anemone sp.)<\/i> Among my favorite wildflowers, Anemones are heartbreakingly beautiful and delicate<\/p>\n

(2) Showy Orchis (Orchis spectabilis)<\/i> I dragged Jim McCormac<\/a> out in the near dark yesterday to show me where to find this beauty<\/p>\n

(3) A giddy me photographing blooming May-Apples<\/p>\n

(4) May Apple flower (Podophyllum peltatum)<\/i> The parasol-like foliage of May-Apples is cool enough, but the flowers are especially lovely; more so cause you have to lie with your face in the dirt to photograph them where they hide beneath the leaves<\/p>\n

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(5) Fire Pink (Silene virginica)<\/i> So named not because of their color, obviously, but because of the scissor-like notches on the petals… thanks Susan<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Fire Pink and silly me photos by MevetS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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