Agatha Noveille
@traildame.bsky.social
Out and about hiking and camping. Nature is my happy place. Traditional Western Herbalism, Appalachian folkways, and Y'allternative mischief of one kind and another. 💙
May 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Garden update! Tomatoes, herbs, sweet potatoes, and potatoes doing amazing. 1st round of beans washed out, so restarted. Scored a bunch of root veggie seeds today on sale, too. 🥰 #veggiegarden #growyourownfood #gardeners #gardening
May 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Garden update! Tomatoes, herbs, sweet potatoes, and potatoes doing amazing. 1st round of beans washed out, so restarted. Scored a bunch of root veggie seeds today on sale, too. 🥰 #veggiegarden #growyourownfood #gardeners #gardening
Good morning! Enjoy these gorgeous azaleas growing at one of our parks. 🥰🥰🥰 #azalea #nature #naturewalk #goodmorning #goodmorningbluesky
May 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Good morning! Enjoy these gorgeous azaleas growing at one of our parks. 🥰🥰🥰 #azalea #nature #naturewalk #goodmorning #goodmorningbluesky
Garden is still sleepy, but starting to wake up a little at a time. #garden #gardening #veggiegarden
May 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Garden is still sleepy, but starting to wake up a little at a time. #garden #gardening #veggiegarden
Brown headed cowbird landed on my car as soon as I parked TWO separate days/times/places this week. Stood at driver side windshield staring in. Not sure what to make of it. This one hopped down when I grabbed my phone camera, but still stared. 😳🤔 #cowbird #birding #birder #nature #birds
May 3, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Found a beautiful trumpet vine at eye level! These native plants are fantastic nectar sources for bees and hummingbirds. #nativeplants #wildflower #springflowers #flowers
April 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Found a beautiful trumpet vine at eye level! These native plants are fantastic nectar sources for bees and hummingbirds. #nativeplants #wildflower #springflowers #flowers
Lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata). Working on finding historical documents about this herb. It's mentioned in passing in King's American Dispensatory but I'm curious. #nativeplants #herbs #herbalist
April 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata). Working on finding historical documents about this herb. It's mentioned in passing in King's American Dispensatory but I'm curious. #nativeplants #herbs #herbalist
Happy trails, my love. I thought I still had many years with you by my side. You deserved beautiful days without number, but the best I could do was to let you cross with gentleness in the face of what was to come. Thank you for being steadfast, always. #rainbowbridge #love #loyalty #dogs
April 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Happy trails, my love. I thought I still had many years with you by my side. You deserved beautiful days without number, but the best I could do was to let you cross with gentleness in the face of what was to come. Thank you for being steadfast, always. #rainbowbridge #love #loyalty #dogs
Wasp galls on an oak sappling from today's hike. These come from wool sower wasps, I think. The wasp larvae are inside. #oaktrees #hike #naturewalk
April 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Wasp galls on an oak sappling from today's hike. These come from wool sower wasps, I think. The wasp larvae are inside. #oaktrees #hike #naturewalk
Planting our garden this weekend. The Goblin (3yrs old) planted this like a pro! All by herself. #veggiegarden #sweetpotato #gardening
April 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Planting our garden this weekend. The Goblin (3yrs old) planted this like a pro! All by herself. #veggiegarden #sweetpotato #gardening
Surprise bucket list bird encounter today: sandhill cranes!!!! Especially unusual because we are not technically in their migration path. Around 150 of them at a local lake that's been drained for dam repairs. #birding #birds #lifelist #surprise #sandhillcranes
February 8, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Surprise bucket list bird encounter today: sandhill cranes!!!! Especially unusual because we are not technically in their migration path. Around 150 of them at a local lake that's been drained for dam repairs. #birding #birds #lifelist #surprise #sandhillcranes
Got some uppies in this morning. Tennessee Rock Trail at Black Rock Mountain. #mountainviews #mountains #northGA #hikingadventures
February 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Got some uppies in this morning. Tennessee Rock Trail at Black Rock Mountain. #mountainviews #mountains #northGA #hikingadventures
Yesterday was a quiet walk along the river for some #birding. Mostly saw chickadees, white breasted nuthatches, and cardinals; but also a red-headed woodpecker and a hermit thrush. Heard some other woodpeckers across the river, too- possibly downies. #nature #river #hike #parks #outdoors #wildlife
January 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Why y'all gotta be trashy? 🙄 #leaveonlyfootprints #pollution #cleanup #environment #nature #trail #hiking #naturelovers #conservation
January 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Why y'all gotta be trashy? 🙄 #leaveonlyfootprints #pollution #cleanup #environment #nature #trail #hiking #naturelovers #conservation
Unwrapping my little newsprint packet of seeds = unbelievably satisfying. New seeds gets me as excited as a little kid! #gardening #gardenplanning #seeds #veggiegarden #growyourownfood
January 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Unwrapping my little newsprint packet of seeds = unbelievably satisfying. New seeds gets me as excited as a little kid! #gardening #gardenplanning #seeds #veggiegarden #growyourownfood
Next installment in my Southern Herbalism series. Traditional uses of pokeweed. #herbs #herbalism #nativeplants #appalachia
Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)
Southern Herbalism Project, Monograph #2
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January 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Next installment in my Southern Herbalism series. Traditional uses of pokeweed. #herbs #herbalism #nativeplants #appalachia
Do you love waterfalls? I headed over to Alabama and enjoyed a beautiful misty day and three waterfalls at DeSoto State Park, followed by a hike down to the base of DeSoto Falls. Here are details about trails and what to expect if you go! #waterfalls #stateparks #hiking #outdoors #nature
DeSoto Falls State Park, Fort Payne AL
Hike #2 for 52 Hikes in 2025
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January 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Do you love waterfalls? I headed over to Alabama and enjoyed a beautiful misty day and three waterfalls at DeSoto State Park, followed by a hike down to the base of DeSoto Falls. Here are details about trails and what to expect if you go! #waterfalls #stateparks #hiking #outdoors #nature
Some pretty orange shelf fungus. 😍 Everything was wintry gray, but not these little show offs! #fungi #mushrooms #nature #naturephotography #orange
January 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Some pretty orange shelf fungus. 😍 Everything was wintry gray, but not these little show offs! #fungi #mushrooms #nature #naturephotography #orange
DeSoto Falls in Alabama was beautiful in the mist and rain today. Trail to the base of the falls is very rocky but quite pretty. #waterfall #naturephotography #mist #forest #alabama #hiking #rainyday #outdoors #nature
January 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
DeSoto Falls in Alabama was beautiful in the mist and rain today. Trail to the base of the falls is very rocky but quite pretty. #waterfall #naturephotography #mist #forest #alabama #hiking #rainyday #outdoors #nature
Love seeing a conservation success story. 🥰
Saving a species: Slow return of the Iberian lynx
After edging close to extinction, there are now some 2,000 Iberian lynxes in Spain and Portugal.
www.bbc.com
January 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Love seeing a conservation success story. 🥰
No hiking today because the roads were icy, but I did work on my Southern Herbalism Project. If you are interested in learning about native plants and their herbal traditions, I hope you'll check it out. Today's article is about tulip tree. #herbalism #nativeplants #history #herbs
Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
Southern Herbalism Project Monograph #1
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January 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
No hiking today because the roads were icy, but I did work on my Southern Herbalism Project. If you are interested in learning about native plants and their herbal traditions, I hope you'll check it out. Today's article is about tulip tree. #herbalism #nativeplants #history #herbs
Up in a cloud on Crowders Mtn, NC. From last August. King's Mountain State Park is busy and popular, but I'd love to go back and explore more of the trails. #RockinTuesday #NorthCarolina #mountains #fog #nature #trails #outdoors #hikingadventures
January 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Up in a cloud on Crowders Mtn, NC. From last August. King's Mountain State Park is busy and popular, but I'd love to go back and explore more of the trails. #RockinTuesday #NorthCarolina #mountains #fog #nature #trails #outdoors #hikingadventures
The lake was so still today. Saw a couple of diving ducks and some wrens. #hiking #lake #morningwalk #goodmorning
January 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The lake was so still today. Saw a couple of diving ducks and some wrens. #hiking #lake #morningwalk #goodmorning
I almost forgot to say Happy New Year! Wishing everyone an awesome year full of adventures. Who cares about bad weather? That's what coats are for! #HappyNewYear #adventures #optoutside
January 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I almost forgot to say Happy New Year! Wishing everyone an awesome year full of adventures. Who cares about bad weather? That's what coats are for! #HappyNewYear #adventures #optoutside