It's That Special Time of the Year ~ Bloodroot

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This photo is linked with Weekend in Black and White.

The “Bloodroot House"

These pictures of “The Bloodroot House” were taken just last week. I call it this because the owners are very protective of the bloodroot which grows along the banks of the creek. It is not on the endangered species list in the United States as yet, but because of it use for medicinal purposes and dyes it could very well be placed on the list in years to come. The family has also gotten a conservation easement from the VA Outdoors Foundation so their land is protected forever no matter the owner. Many owners in Rockbridge have done this, but you must own a large number of acres before you are eligible. All of these pictures are SOOC.

The Virginia Outdoors Foundation Signage

The homeplace is on the right.

I did not feel comfortable walking across their bridge, but I wanted to get a shot showing the location of the house 

in relationship to the bridge, creek, and barn.

    The way the house is nestled back there in the trees with the creek in front is heavenly. Everything is in pristine condition.

I adore this little barn. It is one of my favorites out here on the creek.

One of the patches  of the bloodroot in bloom along the creek on their property.

This post is linked with:
Lesley’s Signs, Signs,  Jan and Jer’s Friday Fences, and  Louis LaVache’s Sunday Bridges 

                                                          

Bloodroot on the Creek

This is an important part of our world on Kerrs Creek...the blooming of the bloodroot. It is a very exciting time for Bud and me. We just adore the way they pop their little heads up in hidden little places beside the creeks, along fence lines, and back in the woods. This afternoon I found this wonderful bunch within a mile of the house on a winding narrow gauge road right beside the creek. Car after car stopped thinking I had hit a deer or was having car problems. I would wave (that is what we do in this county) and motion them on. They only came out this weekend so you are seeing at their best.

This post is linked to “Our World Tuesday."