Nature Compendium
Spring 2024
Here you’ll find a collection of photos of various flora, fauna, and natural phenomena that I encountered throughout the spring of 2024. During this time I spent a lot of hours outdoors seeking inspiration for the illustrations I was working on for The Meadow. I set out to research and identify things I stumbled upon during my various promenades around central and western KY. I was blown away by the diversity of plants I encountered and ended up photographing them with my iPhone (some snapped quickly, others with thoughtful composition) and documenting my findings.
Appleblossoms
Quince
Tulip
Eastern tiger swallowtail (female - black variant)
Trillium
Larkspur
Virginia bluebells
Butterweed (ft. me)
Phlox
Crabapple
Nettle
Grape hyacinths
Deadnettle
Violet
Fun fencing
Redbuds
Tree
Catmint
Oak tree with conk mushrooms?
Peach blossoms
Cypress knees
Eastern tiger swallowtail (female - yellow variant)
Poet's narcissus
Pelargonium (geranium hybrid)
Red-eared slider (Fred Jr.)
Total solar eclipse
Lily of the valley
Didier's tulip
Toad
Daisies
Flame point siamese (in natural habitat)
Vetch (ft. ant)
??? (help me identify this 'shroom)
Dogwood
Star of Bethlehem
Dryad's saddle
Garlic mustard
Raccoon or small dog/fox skull (the jury is out)
Red buckeye
Honey locust
Honeysuckle
Fernleaf phacelia
Mulch fieldcaps
Coral honeysuckle
Bigleaf periwinkle
Giant onion
Wild hyacinth
Large camas (by a coffee tree)
Japanese Spiraea
Black garlic
Wisteria
Creeping juniper
Musk rose
Field madder & yellow trefoils
Azaleas
A dahlia reminiscent of a piranha plant
Tea rose
Dahlias and petunias
Woodsorrel
Impatiens
A very protective spider