I'm sorry Ken but there are no average Michiganders. Cory
Ken Waller wrote: > Paul, I bet that the average Michigander has no idea it's a state flower, > much less an endangered plant. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 11:33 AM > Subject: Re: PESO: Michigan's State Flower > > > >> Thanks David. Yes, I suspect they yield to highways in Michigan as >> well. Not to mention landscapers. The company that "did" my neighbors >> yard wiped out a bunch of them, despite the fact that I pointed them >> out. Overzealous homeowners also kill them by raking away the leaves >> from under trees. Trillium loves a nice thick blanket of decaying >> leaves. >> Paul >> On May 6, 2008, at 10:58 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> >>> Great shot. The back ground is very nice. >>> >>> Good a crisp shot. >>> >>> This is Ontario's flower and is protected to, unless they are growing >>> in the path of a highway extension, then they are goner's. >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Paul Stenquist >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> It's both our state flower and an endangered species in these parts. >>>> The latter protection was put in place to discourage commercial >>>> operations that were digging up plants in the wilderness. I have >>>> about thirty plants on my property, and I photograph one or more >>>> every year. Today's effort was made with the K20D and the Vivitar >>>> Series 1 90/2.5 macro: >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7234027&size=lg >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
