Family and Friends

by Don Chesnut ©2005

1967

• Don Chesnut, very blonde hair

1973

• the farmhouse that Susan and I rented abut 10 miles out of Versailles
  • my garden at house near Versailles
  • the farm house that Susan and I rented
  • sunset at our house
  • Terry and Donald, a visit
  • Terry and Donald, same house
  • close-up of Donald
  • another close-up of Donald
  • Donald on front porch
  • Donald on toy tractor
  • Mike Strom and large mushroom
  • Mike Strom, same mushroom, back of my farmhouse
  • close-up of mushroom

1974

• winter camp Cane Creek, near confluence with Rockcastle River, Steve Chesnut and Joe Westbrook, January?
  • winter camp
  • winter camp, same place
  • Cane Creek near camping site
  • Cane Creek, same place
  • fishing at Cane Creek
  • fish from Cane Creek
  • Joe fishing at Cane Creek
  • turbulent water at Cane Creek
• Sloans Valley cave, December?
  • Janet, Jerry Wagers, Mitzi Chesnut and Annetta Connely at Post Office entrance to Sloans Valley Cave
  • Jerry, Janet, Annetta, Kenneth, Mitzi and Steve near cave entrance
• Steve at home
• Kenneth at Steve's house
• Annetta at Steve's house
• Mitzi at their house
• Steve and Mitzi at Mom and Dad's

1975

• Cromers Ridge, northern Laurel County, led by Jerry Wagers
  • old chimney, northern Laurel County, hiking
  • old cabin
  • back of old log cabin
  • Frank Powers climbing old chimney
  • Frank Powers holding up cedar sapling
  • natural bridge, Cromers Ridge, northern Laurel County
  • natural bridge, same place
  • unusual natural bridge, same place
  • same place
  • natural bridge from the other side
• snow at Mom and Dad's house
• snow and our Bassett Hound
• Laurel Spillway
  • Gray Urn cup fungus (Urnula craterium)
  • middle level of Laurel Spillway, T-Boy and Chris Wiggins
  • T-Boy and Chris Wiggins, spillway
  • Janet Taylor, T-Boy and Chris
  • Mollie Wiggins
  • Mollie and Chris

1976

• Joe Westbrook and me on winter camping trip near confluence of Cane Creek and Rockcastle River, Laurel County. Temperature about 4 degrees.
• Joe and me
• ice and boulder at Cane Creek
• Joe hiking through the Rhododendron (also called Shin Tangle) (Rhododendron maximum)
• Ground Pine, (prob. Lycopodium obscurum) frozen and drooping from the ice
• hoar frost growing from floor of rockshelter
• Joe hiking along base of Rockcastle Sandstone cliff, Cane Creek
• campsite between rock boulder and sandstone rockshelter
• waterfall near campsite
• Joe at campsite
• me at campsite
• me at campsite
• Sloans Valley Cave with group from Laurel County and Phoenix Kayaks from Jackson County, ca January 1976
  • Sloans Valley Cave with group from Laurel County and Phoenix Kayaks from Jackson County
  • crawlway near Post Office Entrance
  • looking up at Annetta, negotiating a slippery crack
  • Kenneth, same crack
  • same crack
  • getting through, same crack (note moisture from breathing)
  • same crack
  • Kenneth backing down small hole
  • Steve backing down same hole
  • Linda, same muddy hole
  • same hole
  • Kenneth through the hole
  • Tom Wilson backing down the hole
  • upright walking for awhile
  • little waterfall on way to Big Room (from Post Office)
  • climbing around the edge near the waterfall
  • waterfall
  • Big Room, light streaks are people walking around with their headlamps, time exposure
  • Big Room again, time exposure
  • going down to the wet cave (now sumped under)
  • walking back from the Indian Cave entrance, wet, muddy and cold, January
  • Anne walking back
  • muddy cavers
  • muddy cavers
  • back at the vehicles
• Donald at Dan McFadden's houseboat [Dad may have taken this picture]
• Donald and me sailing in Dan's sailboat [Dad may have taken this picture too]
• On Rockcastle, fishing
  • Jerry Wagers and his brother fishing in the Rockcastle River near Fort Sequoyah
  • Steve and the Wagers boys on boat in Rockcastle
  • Jerry and his brother on bank of Rockcastle
  • Joe with fish from the Rockcastle?
• Donald at overlook [KY, TN or AL]
• Hazel Patch, Kentucky on Winding Blade Road
• chair-maker's house, US25 near Livingston, KY
• chair-maker's house
• Rockcastle River, at US25?
• Rockcastle River, same place
• Mitzi, Phil and Susan with fish, from party boat
• Donald on Garden City Beach
• Hazel Patch, Kentucky
• Jerry Wagers' family at trailer off Winding Blade Road
• Jerry Wagers' family
• Granddad Westbrook and Donald
• Five generations, Grandmother and Granddaddy Westbrook, Mama Eversole, Mom and Donald (the photographer, me, is one generation)
• trip to Baton Rouge to pick up Donald
  • Ivory Chesnut at Park Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA
  • Donald and Ivory Chesnut, pool, Park Blvd., Baton Rouge
  • bayou near Plaquemen?, Louisiana
  • bayou choked with vegetation
  • Terry, Donald and friends
  • Donald in wading pool, Park Blvd.
• house of friends in Rockcastle County
• back of same house
• Janet Taylor
• Janet Taylor
• Duckers Station between Midway and Frankfort
• Janet walking away [double exposure]
• Janet and Anne, interesting double or triple exposure
• Triumph TR6R 650 that I rebuilt
• Frank Powers with my Mexican casting net, Frank's parents' beach house, Carolina, Spring Break
• Betsie Carloftis
• Betsie Carloftis
• Annetta and son
• Annetta and son
• sandstone-capped hill near Betsie's house, Laurel County
• country scene, Laurel County?
• Joe and Laura Westbrook, Wood Creek Lake opposite Tom's Point
• Joe and Laura
• Donald, Jim Shoptaugh and Joanie Wiggins at camp in northwestern Georgia?
• Joannie on hike in unknown Georgia state park
• Joannie and Donald at waterfalls at the park

ca 1976

• Mr. Marcum rivin' shakes, near Mt. Vernon
  • Mr. Marcum sawing red oak
  • splitting red oak
  • splitting red oak
  • further splitting of red oak
  • using a fro to rive shakes
  • using a fro
  • using a fro and maul
  • log cabin of Mr. Marcum
  • Jerry looking at something that Mr. Marcum made
• Mitzi with hair done up
• Mitzi with hair done up
• Donald and Dad shooting at tunnel near Hazel Patch
  • Donald on hike
  • Donald on hike
  • Donald with 22 at railroad tunnel at Hazel Patch
  • Donald with target
  • Donald and Dad with 22
  • Donald shooting
  • Donald and Dad
  • Donald and Dad
  • creek at Hazel Patch, near tunnel
  • one of the tunnels at Hazel Patch
• at Royalty Court, Lexington, ca 1976
  • Donald at Royalty Court, Lexington, ca 1976
  • Donald and buddy
  • Donald and buddy, close-up
  • Donald on bicycle
  • Donald on bike
• Bison at what is now Spoleto Wildlife Center, Frankfort 

1977

• Anne
• Anne at seminary parking lot
• Anne at seminary
• Donald in snow
• Donald in snow
• Donald with sled
• Donald with saucer
• Anne in snow at Mom and Dad's
• eloping to Smoky Mountains, March 1977
  • road to Cades Cove, Smoky Mountains
  • Cades Cove pasture land
  • log barn, Cades Cove
  • water run for mill, Cades Cove
  • overshot mill, Cades Cove
  • log house, Cades Cove
  • Smoky Mountains view
  • Chimney Top?, Smoky Mountains
  • winding road, Smokies
• honeymoon to Maine, June 1977
  • Kennebunkport, Maine?, honeymoon
  • nice barn
  • harbor at camping area, Maine
  • view of harbor
  • camping area, dark photo
  • me, setting up tent
  • Anne looking at harbor
  • Anne looking out at harbor
  • me, pointing out lineations in gneiss
  • Anne
  • another picture of Anne
  • sunset over the harbor
  • sunset over docked boats
  • seagulls on roof at sunset
  • sailboat
  • stained glass window in church
  • our tent
  • view from Acadia National Park
  • rounded hills, shaped by continental glaciation, Acadia
  • view of rough shoreline
  • another view
  • rocky shore
  • cliff at shoreline
  • rocky bay
  • Anne and view from rocks
  • glacial erratic (boulder) on rounded hill
  • small fiord?
  • view of trees and rounded hills
  • view of hills
  • rocky hill
  • rocky hilltop
  • rocks and hills
  • Anne and lobster dinner
  • Anne and lobster
  • Anne and lobster
  • Anne walking on coastal rocks
  • Anne closer to water
  • curvy road in Maine
  • more rounded hills
  • houses with connections to out buildings
  • tidal salt marsh
  • tidal salt marsh
  • same salt marsh
  • river at Maine-Canadian border
  • drive-in church and X-rated movies at the same place, Maine
• Garden City Beach, we drove from Maine to the beach for the family vacation
  • Mitzi, Donald and Mom at beach house
  • Steve resting in hammock at Pawleys Island Hammock Shop
  • Dad waiting at hammock shop
  • Anne at Garden City Beach, her first visit
  • Anne at the beach
  • Steve and Donald at the first water slide in Myrtle Beach
  • Donald in the water
• Donald at Mom and Dad's house
• Donald lives here, at Mom and Dad's
• Sarah and Anne sunbathing, Mom and Dad's house
• Sarah and Anne, they caught me
• Anne, same place
• Uncle Jennings' and Bruce's planes, London airport
  • Bruce Chesnut's midget racer, London, KY
  • working on midget racer
  • view at take-off from Uncle Jennings' biplane
  • we're up, Donald and I are sitting in one seat, Uncle Jennings is flying
  • view from the plane
  • my hair blocking view of Uncle Jennings in yellow cap
  • Uncle Jennings
  • Donald and Uncle Jennings plane
• Anne at Royalty Court apartment
• hike to Rockcastle River with Buzz Carloftis
  • Rockcastle River with fog, at Bee Rock
  • fog on the Rockcastle, same place
  • view of landslide area from Bee Rock
  • the Rockcastle Narrows in fog
  • the Rockcastle Narrows in fog
  • the Rockcastle Narrows in fog
  • fast water over the Narrows
  • fog on the Rockcastle
  • fog at the Big Pool
  • sandy bank
  • moss-covered boulders, same area
  • Narrows
  • rapid water
• Sloans Valley cave, Don, Anne, Linda, Mary Nell and Wilma
  • chimneying down the Post Office Entrance, another trip
  • coming down the entrance
  • Anne farther down the chimney
  • Mary Nell in crawlway of Sloans Valley Cave
  • Mary Nell backing down hole
  • Linda backing down hole
  • Wilma backing down the hole
  • Anne's turn
  • Linda and Anne in crawlway
  • the waterfall
  • dark, flat-roofed walkway, same cave
  • cavers, happy to be out
• Christmas tree at Garden Springs duplex, bitter Winter of 1977-1978
• Christmas tree
• next-door neighbor showing her costume for Bardstown, ca 1977-1978

ca 1977

• day at Keeneland, Grandmother, Granddaddy, Anne and Don
  • day at Keeneland
  • Anne pondering horses
  • Granddad and Anne
  • our seats at Keeneland
  • walking horses up to gate
  • they're off
  • finish
  • another race starting
• trip to Bayview, Michigan, a very cold week in the summer, slides from several trips
  • storm at Bayview
  • waves washing over storm break
  • waves at Bayview
  • waves and wind
  • waves and clouds
  • path on nature trail at Bayview
  • Anne on path
  • Anne at beach
  • me on beach at Bayview, Michigan, cold weather for summer
  • me at beach, wind
  • Donald at wigwam at Indian museum near Petoski?
  • fire in fireplace in our house, unusually cold weather for summer
  • swan
  • Phil in his dad's boat, Anne and Donald
  • waterway between lakes
  • Anne
  • waterway
  • Anne and Donald at our house
  • our rental house at Bayview, Michigan
  • clear day at beach
  • Mike Miller and Donald on nature trail
  • Mike and Donald hiking
  • Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora), a plant with no chlorophyll; it is nourished by fungi living in the underlying humus.
  • white composite flower
  • white flowers
  • Donald and Mike
  • Bitter Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), a common, but poisonous plant
  • spiked purple flower
  • another view
  • Donald at beach, Bayview
  • same beach
  • beach and sailboats
  • sailboat?
  • sailboats off Bayview beach
  • beach near Bayview, Michigan, William Maxson is the baby
  • picnic at beach, Mike Miller in green at left
  • picnic at beach
  • Anne and Maxsons at the beach
  • boat, Lake Michigan

1978

• bitter winter of 1977-1978
  • Donald and saucer
  • Donald and friends sleigh riding
  • sledding wreck
• Chritsmas 1978
  • William Maxson at Mom and Dad's for Christmas
  • Donald with Christmas stocking
  • Donald with stocking
  • Donald and William opening presents
  • William with wrapping paper
  • William and Susan
  • Steve
  • Mom
  • Anne
  • Donald with big present
  • Phil
  • William at Christmas tree
  • Dad and William, ride-a-horsey
  • Dad and William
  • Dad and William
  • Dad and William, big smile
  • William and Donald playing
  • Donald posing
  • Grandmother Westbrook opening present
  • Granddaddy Westbrook

1979

• Field work, summer-fall, McCreary, Leslie and Letcher counties, [non-geological photos]
  • yellow mushroom (what kind?), McCreary County
  • close-up of yellow mushrooms
  • Running Strawberry Bush or Hearts-a-Bustin-With-Love (Euonymus obovatus), McCreary County?
  • Strawberry Bush, same
  • Jewelweed aka Touch-Me-Nots (Impatiens capensis), McCreary County
  • field of sunflowers (Helianthus?) and others, McCreary County
  • Round-Leaved Fire Pink (Silene rotundifolia), McCreary County
  • an Aster (Aster) of some type, Letcher County
  • Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis), eastern Kentucky, don't remember where this photo was taken
  • Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) and others, McCreary County
  • caterpillar of Saddleback Moth (Sibine stimulea Clemens), I was stung by a whole bush full of these near the old Blue Heron tipple, McCreary County (before it was built up for tourism)
  • native scorpion (Centruroides?) from outcrop at Yamacraw, Kentucky
  • Black Widow spider (Latrodectus mactans) from bench of contour surface mine in Leslie or Letcher Counties
  • Black Widow spider (Latrodectus mactans), Leslie or Letcher Counties?; the spider was crawling toward my hand as I was photographing it with the other
• hike in northwestern Laurel County, deer-hunting season, Lewis and Paula Jones, Chesnuts, etc.
  • waterfall in sandstone
  • same area, I don't know what the creek is
  • on top of sandstone, flatwoods, same area
  • waterfall, same area?
• hike on trail near London Boat Dock camping area, first Trappers hike
• Wood Creek, below dam, Buzz led this hike, northern Laurel County
  • Wood Creek
  • same place
  • Wood Creek, just below dam, Buzz in green coat
  • Wood Creek, further downstream
• Winding Stair Gap trail
  • Rockcastle River, prob. at base of Winding Stair Gap trail
  • Ground Cedar (Lycopodium flabelliforme), same trail
  • Anne climbing up trail
  • on top of the sandstone, flatwoods, Wilma, Buzz, Anne and Dad?
  • Winding Stair Gap trail marker, western Laurel County
  • Rattlesnake-Plantain (Goodyera pubescens) orchid
• Hunters Safety course, 4-H camp, near London
  • Donald at shooting range
  • Donald shooting, same range
  • Donald with target
  • group at shooting range
• Halloween masqueraders as box of crayons, Susan Maxson?

1980

• cold, snowy trail in western Laurel County, Daniel Boone National Forest
  • Jim Stamm and other trappers on cold, snowy trail in western Laurel County, Daniel Boone National Forest
  • Anne and other trappers, same trail
  • trappers group, same hike
  • cliff line, same trail
• railroad tunnel between East Bernstadt and Hazel Patch, Buzz led this trip
• Sheltowee Trace, Cane Creek segment
  • footbridge, Sheltowee Trace, Cane Creek segment
  • Cane Creek at footbridge
  • sandstone cliff on trail north of Cane Creek
  • large, frozen waterfall, trail north of Cane Creek
  • another view of large waterfall
  • looking up through the hemlocks, dark picture
  • frozen waterfall, again
  • hiking through the snow, same trail, Dusty had on some slick shoes
  • footbridge, again, Cane Creek
  • view down Cane Creek from footbridge
  • looking down at one of the footbridges
  • frozen creek, same area
  • frozen creek, view from trail
  • Chris changing into dry socks
• Anne in our kitchen in London
• Anne in our kitchen in London
• Sinking Creek?, northwestern Laurel County, high water
• same creek, swinging bridge washed out, couldn't continue hike
• trail from Hazel Patch to Wildcat Mountain, Laurel County, ca May
  • variety of wildflowers
  • variety of wildflowers, same place
  • Wood-Betony (Pedicularis canadensis), trail to Wildcat Mountain
  • Pink Lady's-Slipper (Cypripedium acaule) orchid, Wildcat Mountain
  • another view of the orchid
  • more pink orchids, we met some locals digging these up. I told them that they were illegal to dig up, but they said that there was "no law" where we were.
  • Pink Lady's-Slipper, close-up
  • White Azalea (Rhododendron sp.), same area
  • Fire Pink (Silene virginica), same area
  • Yellow Lady's-Slipper (Cypripedium calceolus pubescens), Wildcat Mountain
• trip to Saint Augustine, Florida, Spring Break, Don, Donald, Buzz and Jon
  • Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia, Donald Chesnut, Buzz and Jon Carloftis on trip to Florida
  • Alligator in the same swamp
  • swamp boardwalk
  • boat trip through swamp
  • view of boat in swamp
  • closer view of boat
  • water path through swamp
  • water and trees in swamp
  • old house at St. Augustine, Florida
  • Spanish fort at St. Augustine
  • cannons at Fort Augustine
  • me in guard hut at Fort Augustine
  • moat at fort
  • moat
  • sign for Westbrook CPA in St. Augustine
  • Buzz walking down street in St. Augustine
  • Donald, Buzz and Jon at dinner at trailer camp
  • same, at dinner
• our house in London, 1979-1980
• Donald at backyard picnic table, London
• Yahoo Falls, Anne and I took a hike there to visit my field area
  • Anne along base of cliff (Rockcastle Ss?), Yahoo Falls area
  • Anne next to hemlock(?), same area
  • Yahoo Falls, Anne for scale, you can barely see Anne's white shirt
  • another view
  • Alum-Root? at base of falls
  • White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda), same area
  • Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
  • Crested Dwarf Iris (Iris cristata)
• pictures taken during field work, mostly Letcher County
  • Big Leaf Magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla), Letcher County
  • Big Leaf Magnolia, Letcher County
  • Big Leaf Magnolia and William Maxson
  • William Maxson and Big Leaf Magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla), back yard in London
  • Big Leaf Magnolia and William Maxson
  • Big Leaf Magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla), from Letcher County, Donald
  • Red Azalea (Rhododendron cumberlandense), Letcher County
  • Red Azalea (Rhododendron cumberlandense?), Letcher County
• heavy flow at spillway along I-40 near Pisgah National Forest
• spillway water
• spillway flow
• Portulacas, moss roses, backyard in London
• an Aster (Aster) of some type, Letcher County

1981 and ca 1981

• Donald with puppies, Barberry Lane, Lexington
  • Donald with puppies
  • Donald with puppies
  • Donald with puppies
  • puppies
  • Donald and puppies
• paintings at art gallery, Armand Hammer collection
  • painting at art gallery
  • painting
  • painting
  • painting of manger scene
• playing in the waves, Garden City Beach, with my underwater camera
  • Donald playing in waves
  • Donald, same
  • same
  • wave
  • Donald, same
  • Donald, same
  • Donald, same
  • Donald, same
  • wave
  • Donald, same
  • Donald, same
  • Donald, same
  • Donald, same
  • Donald, same
  • wave
  • Donald, same
  • William
  • Rebecca
  • Donald and Steve
  • Steve
  • Donald, same
  • Donald, same
  • Anne in waves
  • Donald, same
  • Donald, same
  • Donald, same
  • Donald, same
• Wood Creek Lake at the Stamm's house, with my underwater camera
  • floaters
  • Buzz and others
  • Anne
  • tree stump in lake
  • at water level, through trees
  • water level
  • same
  • trees at water level
  • lake at water level
  • through trees
  • same view
  • through the trees
  • trees
  • floaters
  • floaters
  • Buzz in water
  • Buzz's niece
  • Anne
  • sheriff's dept?

ca 1982

• Donald and dogs, Barberry Lane
  • Donald and dogs
  • Donald and dogs
  • Donald and dogs
  • Donald and dogs
  • Donald and dogs
  • Teddy
  • Teddy
• our yard sale
• our house, nice fall colors
• same
• fall colors
• yard sale, Jim, Chris, Marsha
• yard sale
• yard sale
• Donald and Mark Bradshaw washing the dogs
  • Donald and Mark Bradshaw
  • same
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  • same
  • same

1985

• trip to Washington, October
  • tensile sculpture, Washington D.C.
  • tensile sculpture
  • fuzzy-headed bird, National Zoo, Washington D.C.
  • Zebra
  • gazelles?
  • Panda
  • Panda
  • emu or ostrich
  • stork?
  • flamingos (mildewed slide)
  • flamingos
  • small orange and black bird
  • gray bird, orange beak
  • black bird, orange beak
  • black bird, close-up
  • African hoofed animal
  • African elephant with tire
  • African elephant
  • African costume, on stilts
  • African drummers

1986

• Hike to Raven Run with Rich and Barbie Melville
  • Kentucky River from the Raven Run overlook
  • ice-covered cliffs, trail at Raven Run
  • icy creek, Raven Run
  • close-up of creek
  • patterns in the ice
  • looking down icy creek
  • small, stair-step falls
  • unusual ice pearls
  • ice on the limestone
  • fellow hikers, same place, Barb and Rich
  • Kentucky River, view from overlook

1998

• my mural of the Peanuts characters, Mom and Dad's house, painted early 1960's? Dad took this picture.
• another view of the same, Elizabeth and Nora

2003

• Blackberry Farm, near Maryville, TN and next to the Smoky Mountains
  • Blackberry Farm Clinch Mountain is in the left background
  • Blackberry Farm, from the main building
  • main lake at the farm
  • covered bridge over trout stream
  • split-rail fence and pasture
  • Trunk Branch Trail head
  • footbridge at start of Trunk Branch Trail
  • Anne on the trail
  • Amanita? mushroom (or maybe Lepiota), very poisonous
  • another view
  • Strawberry-Bush or Hearts-a-Bustin-With-Love (Euonymus obovatus), before the berries pop out of the casing, the casing looks like a strawberry
  • view from overlook on lower trail
  • chapel, Anne at doorway, chapel filled with introduced ladybugs
  • house below lake, for massages

2004

• trip to New York City for Anne's 50th birthday [orange terrorist alert]
  • view of New Jersey [all film of New York damaged by six X-rays]
  • Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
  • closer view of same
  • Statue of Liberty
  • lower Manhattan, big buildings
  • same area
  • larger view of Manhattan
  • Manhattan
  • Manhattan in the background
  • Times Square from our hotel room, Marriott Marquis
  • view from our room
  • Times Square
  • World Trade Center void, can smell the smoke from here
  • subway station at WTC memorial area
  • WTC viewing area, covered by screening, black building in back covered with tarps, still being reconstructed
  • buildings to the east of the WTC
  • damaged WTC sculpture, now in Battery Park
  • Statue of Liberty from ferry
  • same
  • same
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • the girls in front of the museum
  • nighttime view of city from Central Park

fauna and flora

• Thalassia and Udotea, Bahamas?
• close-up of mushroom
• Amanita? mushroom (or maybe Lepiota), very poisonous
• another view
• Gray Urn cup fungus (Urnula craterium)
• yellow mushroom (what kind?), McCreary County
• close-up of yellow mushrooms
• Ground Pine, (prob. Lycopodium obscurum) frozen and drooping from the ice
• Ground Cedar (Lycopodium flabelliforme), same trail
• Joe hiking through the Rhododendron (also called Shin Tangle) (Rhododendron maximum)
• White Azalea (Rhododendron sp.), same area
• Red Azalea (Rhododendron cumberlandense), Letcher County
• Red Azalea (Rhododendron cumberlandense?), Letcher County
• Rattlesnake-Plantain (Goodyera pubescens) orchid
• another view of the orchid
• more pink orchids, we met some locals digging these up. I told them that they were illegal to dig up, but they said that there was "no law" where we were
• Pink Lady's-Slipper, close-up
• Pink Lady's-Slipper (Cypripedium acaule) orchid, Wildcat Mountain
• Yellow Lady's-Slipper (Cypripedium calceolus pubescens), Wildcat Mountain
• Big Leaf Magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla), Letcher County
• Big Leaf Magnolia, Letcher County
• Big Leaf Magnolia and William Maxson
• William Maxson and Big Leaf Magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla), back yard in London
• Big Leaf Magnolia and William Maxson
• Big Leaf Magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla), from Letcher County, Donald
• Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora), a plant with no chlorophyll; it is nourished by fungi living in the underlying humus.
• Bitter Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), a common, but poisonous plant
• variety of wildflowers, trail from Hazel Patch to Wildcat Mountain, Laurel County
• variety of wildflowers, same place
• Wood-Betony (Pedicularis canadensis), trail to Wildcat Mountain
• Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis), eastern Kentucky, don't remember where this photo was taken
• Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) and others, McCreary County
• Fire Pink (Silene virginica), same area
• Round-Leaved Fire Pink (Silene rotundifolia), McCreary County
• Alum-Root? at base of falls
• White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda), same area
• Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
• Crested Dwarf Iris (Iris cristata)
• Running Strawberry Bush or Hearts-a-Bustin-With-Love (Euonymus obovatus), McCreary County?
• Strawberry Bush, same
• Strawberry-Bush or Hearts-a-Bustin-With-Love (Euonymus obovatus), before the berries pop out of the casing, the casing looks like a strawberry
• Jewelweed aka Touch-Me-Nots (Impatiens capensis), McCreary County
• field of sunflowers (Helianthus?) and others, McCreary County
• an Aster (Aster) of some type, Letcher County
• caterpillar of Saddleback Moth (Sibine stimulea Clemens), I was stung by a whole bush full of these near the old Blue Heron tipple, McCreary County (before it was built up for tourism)
• native scorpion (Centruroides?) from outcrop at Yamacraw, Kentucky
• Black Widow spider (Latrodectus mactans) from bench of contour surface mine in Leslie or Letcher Counties
• Black Widow spider (Latrodectus mactans), Leslie or Letcher Counties?; the spider was crawling toward my hand as I was photographing it with the other