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Eliza Waters 
Rain is beautiful in all its aspects. Enjoy your Sunday, Eliza!
Thank you, Kris. I imagine you appreciate rain more than most. Absence makes the heart grow fonder!
What a gorgeous shot, Eliza. What is it about rain, or dew, that turns a photo in to something altogether extraordinary. Must be the sparkle.
Thank you, Vicki. Sparkle and the life-giving nature of water.
I know the Busy-Lizzie impatiens, this one – capensis looks quite different. Magical shot Eliza.
Thank you, Liz. Yes, the Balsam family is varied. We have two that live as wildflowers here, self sowing annually. A yellow one is I. pallida.
Gorgeous capture Eliza 🌻
Thank you, Karen!
Rain is so precious!
Yes, it is. You know this especially!
Bejeweled by Mother Nature….
Indeed… thanks, Alice.
I just bought Jewelweed spray and it came with a little soap….my Poison ivy on arm, face & neck & an are on finger would have benefitted from this several days ago…I must have gotten it from my Kitty, who snugglesmwith me…I’m so vigilant about it & know I didn’t touch it. It’s also good for bug bites & other skin irritations.
Yes, at the first sign of an emerging blister, I reach for one of these plants. I find the earlier, the better, as it seems less effective for me on full blown blisters. Hope you get relief soon – PI is NO FUN!
A beauty
Thank you, Derrick.
Beautiful! I read somewhere that Jewelweed got its name not from the flowers, but from the way the leaves sparkle when they are wet!
Thank you, Joanna. Yes, the fine hairs on the leaves trap air, giving it a silvery look under water. We used to put leaves in the stream all the time when we were kids, calling it silver dollar plant.
That is one very nice photo! Beautiful plant up close….it can match any orchid. Is it one of the family??
Thank you! Different families, this one belongs to Balsaminaceae, vs. Orchidaceae.
Love the way the leaf is protecting the flower from the rain.
Good eye 🙂 thanks, Penny!
Eliza you’re so gifted! The pictures you capture are like visual happiness!
😍
Aw, thanks so much, Isha!
Lovely, Eliza, I am always a fan of water droplets on petals and leaves!
Thank you, Donna!
I love jewel weed. It was always down in the woods when I was a kid.
Did you pop the seeds? I loved doing it as a kid (and still do)!
Never! I may not have noticed them once they weren’t perfect little orange trumpets anymore!
Love orange and green together, lovely photo.
Thank you, Karina!
Autumn rain … we’re getting some here too, at last. 🙂
It feels like the weather turned all at once. Three days ago it was hot and unbearably humid, now it is downright chilly!
Spring and Autumn, as ‘seasons’ seem to be disappearing at a great rate of knots.
Indeed!
I read on the news today that a cold front is coming down the Rockies from the arctic and may put 10cm’s of snow on the ground in some places! … no-where near here, but, yep, there went Autumn.
Oh, too soon!
Wonderful capture, Eliza. I miss jewelweed. I haven’t seen it here on the Eastern Shore. (That doesn’t mean it isn’t here. Just that I haven’t seen it.) We had loads of it on our property in Ohio.
Thank you, Robin. Want some seeds? 🙂
Lovely!
Thank you, Irene!
Lovely shot of this touch me not!
Thank you, Belinda!
Exquisite!🙂
Thank you!
Nice shot.
Thank you, David.
I read down through all of the comments to see if anyone mentioned popping the seeds. Fascinating little botanical mechanisms and a great escape from the troubles of this world…😌
Beautiful photograph, too, Eliza.
Thank you! Yeah, love the popping seeds, esp. when walking through a patch, mini-artillaries!
Hah, amazing! Candied jewelweed 🙂
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Your photography is breathtaking!
Thank you!
I have not seen this particular impatiens here. It’s beautiful. I also like the way their seeds pop ☺
It is native to the NE USA and Canada. It is quite prolific and my fields are full of it, quite lovely this time of year.
What a lovely sight to see! We have one native impatiens that I am aware of. A tiny pink-flowered mistbelt forest dweller.
A little jewel Eliza!
Indeed, thank you, Maria!
Exquisite.
Thank you!